| What was life like on the homefront during World War II? |
| This collection of poems about an American family helps teen readers understand |
| for Language Arts |
| What was life like on the homefront during World War II? |
| This collection of poems about an American family helps teen readers understand |
| Constance Alexander |
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This collection of new and found poems document a typical American family whose son, Johnny, is a soldier during WWII. Told mostly from the perspective of Johnny's sister, with some passages from advertisements and announcements of the era or from letters Johnny writes home, KILROY WAS HERE puts a face on war from the perspective of both the soldier and the family he leaves behind. With humor and heartbreak in equal measure, Constance Alexander draws the reader right into those trying times. The result, historian James Klotter says, "reminds us of the costs of war, for those who do not survive, and for those who do." KILROY WAS HERE is based in large part on a real WWII soldier whose family lived in Louisville. ISBN 978-1-934894-10-1 |
