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WINNIE’S WAR by Jenny Moss

November 8th, 2008 by Jenny Moss · Email post Email post · Print Print

  • Publication Season/Year: Winter 2009
  • Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers
  • Release Date: February 3, 2009
  • ISBN (hardcover): 978-0802798190
  • ISBN (paperback): TBD
A debut novel set against the backdrop of the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. Life in Winnie's sleepy town of Coward Creek, Texas, is just fine for her. Although her troubled mother's distant behavior has always worried Winnie, she's plenty busy caring for her younger sisters, going to school, playing chess with Mr. Levy, and avoiding her testy grandmother. Plus, her sweetheart Nolan is always there to make her smile when she's feeling low. But when the Spanish Influenza claims its first victim, lives… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Winter · Debut · Epidemics · Events · Family · Historical Fiction · History · Local · Middle Grade · Moss, Jenny · National · Stand-alone · Texas · Walker Books