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With more than 200,000 books in print, Dear Canda has fast become the historical fiction series for young girls. Jean Little's latest addition is the diary of a young girl observing her world change as war rages thousands of miles away. It has been two long years since Eliza's beloved older brother, Hugo, went away to war. Caught up in his enthusiasm, she couldn't understand her parent's less-than enthusiastic reaction. Now that her other brother Jack has also enlisted, she yearns for the safe return of both brothers. If only she had a friend that she could talk to about her feelings....
About the Author
One of Canada's premier authors, Jean Little's previous books include Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird (CLA Book of the Year and Ruth Schwartz Award-winner), Listen for the Singing (Canada Council Children's Literature Prize), and Mine for Keeps (Little Brown Canadian Children's Book Award). She received the Vicky Metcalf Award in 1974 for her body of work. Jean lives near Guelph, Ontario.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
WWI from the Canadian Home Front,
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This review is from: Dear Canada: Brothers Far From Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates (Hardcover)
Reason for Reading: I am working my way through this series. I chose this one in particular because I am participating in a WWI Reading Challenge.I was thrilled when I saw Jean Little had written this; she is one of my childhood favourite authors and I just knew it was going to be good. A wonderful story that tells the story of life for those left on the home front after the two eldest boys of a large family go off to war. The war itself is experienced in a roundabout way through letters home and the family's reading of newspapers and listening to the radio. Eliza occasionally pastes these letters and clippings into her diary. During the story, more than the facts and details of the war are presented along with the feelings of the participants and, mostly, those left behind. Eliza's father is a minister who is a pacifist, unusual at the time, praying for the war to end and for the safety of the boys on both sides. An opinion not exactly popular when everyone else is praying for the Kaiser to die and for "our" side to win. We see into the feelings of pride and constant fear of the parents and the mixed feelings of the various aged siblings. We also see the day-to-day life and how the war affected it back home in Canada. The women's movement is explored through an aunt who becomes independent and the eldest sister who becomes a nurse. Eliza herself, writes a charming diary. She is the middle child of seven and lonely within the large family, especially when her favourite sibling then eldest brother leaves. Her diary takes the place of a best friend and we, the Dear Reader become her confidant and see her mature over the two year time span. A delightful read!
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Brothers Far From Home,
By ravenclaw29 (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dear Canada: Brothers Far From Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates (Hardcover)
Brothers Far from Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates by Jean Little is a wonderful, welcome addition to the great Dear Canada book series.Eliza Bates is the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, and has six brothers and sisters---Hugo, Jack, Verity, Susanna, Charlie, and little Belle. She and her very large family live in a manse, an estate reserved for Presbyterian ministers and their families. Eliza's two oldest brothers, Jack and Hugo, are over in Europe as air pilots fighting for Canada in World War I. Eliza and the rest of her family stay in Uxbridge, Ontario, and worry over the two dearly missed brothers. I loved this Dear Canada book because it described the life of someone who has a family fighting across the ocean in the War. There was not very much action involved within Eliza's own personal story through her diary, but Jean Little pulled this book off with likable characters, believable situations, and an accurate portrayal of worrying families and their lives during World War I. Highly recommended!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Brothers Far From Home!,
By Lily Boldin "Canadian Girl" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dear Canada: Brothers Far From Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates (Hardcover)
This is a breath-taking book, about a girl, Eliza Bates, whose two brothers are serving in the first world war and their huge family worrying and worrying over them. One brother dies and the other one gets injured and has to come back home. The injured brother marries and has a baby, and, after a year of writing in her diary to her "dear reader", Eliza meets her "dear reader" moving in next door. It is like Tamryn was there when her brothers were missing, far from home, and the Bates family were wondering where they were and if they were alive.
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Delightful! Should be put on Kindle,
By Nicola Manning - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dear Canada: Brothers Far From Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates (Hardcover)
Reason for Reading: I am working my way through this series. I chose this one in particular because I am participating in a WWI Reading Challenge.I was thrilled when I saw Jean Little had written this; she is one of my childhood favourite authors and I just knew it was going to be good. A wonderful story that tells the story of life for those left on the home front after the two eldest boys of a large family go off to war. The war itself is experienced in a roundabout way through letters home and the family's reading of newspapers and listening to the radio. Eliza occasionally pastes these letters and clippings into her diary. During the story, more than the facts and details of the war are presented along with the feelings of the participants and, mostly, those left behind. Eliza's father is a minister who is a pacifist, unusual at the time, praying for the war to end and for the safety of the boys on both sides. An opinion not exactly popular when everyone else is praying for the Kaiser to die and for "our" side to win. We see into the feelings of pride and constant fear of the parents and the mixed feelings of the various aged siblings. We also see the day-to-day life and how the war affected it back home in Canada. The women's movement is explored through an aunt who becomes independent and the eldest sister who becomes a nurse. Eliza herself, writes a charming diary. She is the middle child of seven and lonely within the large family, especially when her favourite sibling then eldest brother leaves. Her diary takes the place of a best friend and we, the Dear Reader become her confidant and see her mature over the two year time span. A delightful read! |
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