Blasts from the past

Mon, 07/05/2010 - 1:25pm by annevm

Remember the Cold War, maybe "duck-and-cover" at school or a bomb shelter at home? Deborah Wiles captures all that and a lot more -- Breck Girls! -- in her new youth novel Countdown, starring 11-year-old Franny and a cast of colorful family and friends. Wiles, an award-winning author, says on her web page that all her books are "personal narrative turned into fiction."