Beautiful Blue World - by Suzanne M LaFleur (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A Junior Library Guild Selection"--Front flap of dust jacket.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>Beautiful Blue World</i> is a thrilling and moving story of children who become the key to winning a war.</b> <p/>Sofarende is at war. For twelve-year-old Mathilde, it means food shortages, feuding neighbors, and bombings. Even so, as long as she and her best friend, Megs, are together, they'll be all right. <p/>But the army is recruiting children, and paying families well for their service. If Megs takes the test, Mathilde knows she will pass. Megs hopes the army is the way to save her family. Mathilde fears it might separate them forever. <p/>This touching and suspenseful novel is a brilliant reimagining of war, where even kindness can be a weapon, and children have the power to see what adults cannot. <p/>Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, Outstanding Merit <br>ILA-CBC Choices Reading Lists, Teacher's Choice<br>Junior Library Guild Selection <br>Nominated for multiple state awards<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List <p/>"Mathilde is timid and strong, childlike and complex, vividly narrating her story in great detail, encompassing myriad characters and events, all without censoring her fears and confusion about the nature of war and a world turned upside down, while somehow still managing to believe something better is possible. Deeply emotional, compelling, and brilliant."--<i>Kirkus Reviews </i>starred review <p/>LaFleur (Listening for Lucca) creates a warm boarding-school setting peopled with kind adults and children alike. Readers will be drawn in by the underlying belief that kids' work is important and powerful, and eager for the promised sequel.--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> starred review <p/>Writing in the first person, LaFleur crafts a protagonist who is compassionate and resourceful, in a war-ravaged world in which children are, by turns, exploited and empowered. The tension is high and danger ever present.-- <i>School Library Journal</i> starred review<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Suzanne LaFleur is the author of <i>Love, Aubrey; Eight Keys;</i> and <i>Listening for Lucca.</i> She lives in New York City, where she decorates her walls with the handprints of children she loves. Visit her online at suzannelafleur.com.
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