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WILLOW RUN Patricia Reilly Giff Hardcover | Wendy Lamb Books | September 2005 | $15.95 | 0-385-73067-5 | Ages 9-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Wendy Lamb Books | September 2005 | $17.99 | 0-385-90096-1 | Ages 9-12

When Meggie’s father announces that the family will be leaving their home in New Y or k so that he can help the war effort by working in a factory in Willow Run, Michigan, she isn’t sure what to think. Even though she loves her Grandpa, his heavy German accent embarrasses her, and she’s secretly glad he won’t be joining them. She’s tired of people accusing him of being a Nazi and hopes that by moving to a new state, she can put all of that behind her. Plus, if her brother Eddie comes home from the war, he’ll need someone to tell him where his parents and sister are, so Grandpa staying behind seems like the perfect solution. What Meggie hadn’t counted on, however, is that the war seems to be going on forever and the ache in her heart from missing her Grandpa isn’t letting up. Can she make it until the end of the war, or will she find her own way back to New York?

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Prepared by Brenda Day, Library Media Specialist, Crowley Middle School, Crowley, Texas

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