Come in from the Cold

Informationen zum Autor Marsha Qualey was born in Austin, Minnesota and has lived in Montana, Texas, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. She now resides in St. Paul with her husband and four children. Klappentext ?I want yesterday.? That's all seventeen-year-old Maud can say when she gets the news about her sister: Lucy's dead, killed in a bomb blast. Without even a body to bury, Maud is left with only questions: How? Why? Maud's search for answers leads her down the same path her sister took. But all she finds are empty words and more questions. Jeff struggles down a separate but parallel path. His brother, a Marine, has been called up to Vietnam. To the world, Jeff looks the part of a conservative preppy, but inside, he questions the war. But does questioning the war mean he doesn't support his brother? It's 1969, and life in America has become an angry jumble of patriotism and rebellion, cynicism and hope. Jeff and Maud are caught up in the confusion. All they want is stability. What they get is each other. Hopefully, it'll be enough. Zusammenfassung “I want yesterday.” That’s all seventeen-year-old Maud can say when she gets the news about her sister: Lucy’s dead, killed in a bomb blast. Without even a body to bury, Maud is left with only questions: How? Why? Maud’s search for answers leads her down the same path her sister took. But all she finds are empty words and more questions. Jeff struggles down a separate but parallel path. His brother, a Marine, has been called up to Vietnam. To the world, Jeff looks the part of a conservative preppy, but inside, he questions the war. But does questioning the war mean he doesn’t support his brother? It’s 1969, and life in America has become an angry jumble of patriotism and rebellion, cynicism and hope. Jeff and Maud are caught up in the confusion. All they want is stability. What they get is each other. Hopefully, it’ll be enough.

Product details

• Authors: Marsha Qualey
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 99
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2008
• EAN: 9780547014395
• ISBN: 978-0-547-01439-5
• No. of pages: 219
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 178 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: siblings, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Family / Siblings *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Violence *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Historical / Military & Wars *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: War & Military *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Politics & Government *, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Activism / activists