- Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
- Year Published: 2009
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 341 p. ; 22 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 830
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9780375857140
- 0375857141
Subjects
- United States. -- Army. -- Women's Army Corps -- Fiction.
- Automobile travel -- Fiction.
- Grandmothers -- Fiction.
- African Americans -- Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
- Sisters -- Fiction.
- Family life -- Fiction. -- Alabama
- Alabama -- Fiction. -- History -- 1819-1950
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Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they are forced to take a car trip with their grandmother, who tells about growing up Black in 1940s Alabama and serving in Europe during World War II as a member of the Women's Army Corps.
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