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Itâs September 1943, and eleven-year-old Ellie McKelveyâs older brother, Jimmy, has just been drafted. Jimmy has a joyful heart and a kind word for everyone, and heâs the only person who thinks Ellie is smart and funny and as beautiful as Lana Turner, the movie star. Ellie can hardly stand to see him go. With Jimmy gone, Aunt Toots moves into his bedroom, Ellieâs mother takes a war job at a factory, and everything in Ellieâs life seems upside down. But she figures that the war will be over and Jimmy home by Christmas, so as much as she misses him, she keeps her spirits up. Even as families in the neighborhood begin to receive telegrams informing them that their boys are wounded or worse, Ellie never stops believing in Jimmy.
In her second work of historical fiction, Mary Ann Rodman captures all the authentic details of life on the homefront during World War II, as well as the fierce love a sister has for her beloved big brother.
About: In 1943, eleven-year-old Ellie is her brother Jimmy's 'best girl,' and when he leaves Pittsburgh just before Thanksgiving to fight in World War II, he promises he will return, asks her to leave the Christmas tree up until he does, and reminds her to 'letthe joy out.
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