Jimmy's Stars
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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 "let the joy out."
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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 257 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 640
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374337032
0374337039
SUBJECTS
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- Fiction.
Family life -- Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.