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Comfort


Bakers Mountain Stories

School year: Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

No. of pages 312

Published: 2011

Great for age 7-13 years

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In the wake of World War II, Ann Fay Honeycut grapples with her fathers trauma and the physical and emotional effects of poliofinding healing in the unlikeliest of places Now that Daddy has returned from fighting Hitler and Ann Fay is home from the polio hospital, life should get back to normal. But Ann Fay discovers she no longer fits easily into old friendships and Daddy has been traumatized by the war. Her family and social life are both falling apart. Ever responsible, she tries to fix things until she finally admits that she herself needs fixing. She travels to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, founded by Franklin D. Roosevelt, where she finds comfort, healing, and even a little romance. Although this invigorating experience does not solve all her problems, it does give Ann Fay a new view of herself. In this Parents Choice Awards Recommended Book, sequel to Blue, Ann Fay makes new friends, reevaluates old relationships, and discovers her unique place in the community.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Bakers Mountain Stories .

This book is aimed at children at US 4th grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 312 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Astra Publishing House .

Joyce Moyer Hostetter is the author of historical novels, including Blue , winner of the International Reading Association Children's Book Award. She lives with her husband in Hickory, North Carolina, close to her two adult children and nine grandchildren.

 

This book is in the following series:

Bakers Mountain Stories

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Parents' Choice Award - Fiction
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Parents' Choice Award.

Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award.

"Contains vivid descriptions of postwar rural America, polio treatment, small-town life, the ravages of war and the importance of family." --Kirkus Reviews

"The best part of Comfort is Hostetter's loving depiction of life in the rural South in the 1940s." --Booklist

"Exceptional historical fiction." --School Library Journal