ANNOUNCING!
Author, M.C. Arvanitis’s next novel in her YA historical books
Writing a book is like birthing a
baby---both are held close to the heart until they are ready to be born, but a
book starts in the mind instead of the womb---it is conceived as an idea
first, then developed into a plausible shape until it is ready to be born---and
somewhere along the line it gets a title.
EMMA
ROSE’S WAR
'Emma Rose's War' takes the reader back to the
time of WW2, into the Midwest rural community, and how it affects the life of a
teenage farm girl whose family is of German ancestry.
From the
time she could write, Emma Rose has written down all her thoughts in her
diaries. She dreams of being a reporter, like 'Brenda Star, the redheaded comic heroine taken from a comic series, ‘Brenda Star, Girl
Reporter’.
Emma Rose hates
being a girl and determines not to grow up to do what every other farm girl
does; get married to a farm boy right after high school and have a pack of kids.
Her fear of growing up creates another war in her mind. She swears to never
fall in love with a farmer...But would her heart betray her?
She misses her beloved brother, Tobias, who had been one of the first to join the US Navy to escape being drafted into the Army.
It
is bad enough being thirteen, and the middle child in a confused family, but
when the evils of war brings fear and sorrow for the adults in her world, Emma
Rose Brudhall doesn't know where to turn. The government opens a German Prisoner of War
camp near her hometown. The townspeople resist having the enemy near, but the
farmers needs the prisoners to work on the farms since all able bodied young
men are at war. When she goes into freshman class
in high school, Emma Rose must choose between allegiance to her country friends
and family, or to the town students who parents are against the POW camp. She
so wants to be accepted by the popular town kids. And this depends on her
decision. Whose side does she take?
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More about Emma Rose's life.
More about Emma Rose's life.
The
Brudhall’s hog farm is located a quarter of a mile from where Emma Rose’s best
friend, Marta Wasserburger lives and seven miles on graveled roads from the
nearest town, Crawford. Emma Rose's main joy is going to town on Saturday nights.
How Emma Rose may have dressed as a teenager
Ready for her first day of high school.
Or doing her home work while listening to Sunday Hit Parade on the radio.
(Unknown -
taken from Google)
SO READERS, KEEP CHECKING HERE AND SEE HOW THIS BOOK PROGRESSES
As Brenda Star Says
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Other books by M.C. Arvanitis
Mid Grade Fables
The Legend of ELPanda Paws
Links
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/120937
Amazon.com E-book: http://www.amazon.com/Legend-ELPanda-Paws-M-C-Arvanitis-ebook/dp/B007JEWTR2/
Forbidden Wings, A Mermaids Story
Links
Amazon.com E-book: http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Wings-Mermaids-Story-ebook/dp/B009UO7HAI/
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Hank of Twin Rivers, Book One: Journey of Change
Amazon.com E-book: http://www.amazon.com/Hank-Twin-Rivers-Book-One/dp/1494427001/
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ALSO COMING IN
Mid-Grade
Fable
Pixies of the Ferns
Historical
Book Two of Hank of Twin Rivers:
View From the Eagles Nest
Book Three of Hank of Twin rivers:
Riding
With the Wranglers
And her first picture book for ages 5 & under:
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