Across+the+Blue+Pacific

__Across the Blue Pacific__ by Louise Borden; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; published 2006. Fic Bor

Summary: A woman reminisces about her neighbor's son, who was the object of a letter writing campaign by some 4th graders when he went away to war in 1943. Soft watercolor pictures show the neighborhood of people waiting for someone to come home.

Activities: Ask the students if any of their family members were in a war. What was the hardest thing for them to do while waiting at home?

Websites: [|Children in World War II]