The Home Front in World War II (World Wars) [Library Binding]

Pat Levy (Author), Patricia Levy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2003 | Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up | Series: World Wars

This series presents an unbiased account of the most devastating wars that the world has ever seen. Detailed and highly illustrated with "primary source" documents, students will examine the 20th century’s greatest conflicts through first-hand accounts and

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This series is first class in content and presentation. -- SLA v.49 no. 3 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Pat Levy is a Heinemann-Raintree author.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Library Binding: 64 pages
• Publisher: Heinemann Library (August 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739860658
• ISBN-13: 978-0739860656
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,424,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars --Informative book, but not for young children--, November 9, 2005

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Judith Miller (Bluemont, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Home Front in World War II (World Wars) (Library Binding)

This year, 2005 is the anniversary of the end of World War II. Many museums and historical sites are remembering that war by various displays. My local library featured a grouping of books about World War II at the front of the building. I chose several books to take home with me, and this was one of them.

THE HOME FRONT IN WORLD WAR II is a small book with a number of insightful photographs. The book covers different countries and what it was like at those specific places during the war years. What I found to be amazing were the charts showing the total number of civilian deaths that took place in those countries. The small size of this book is very deceptive because it contains an enormous amount of information and calls World War II a "total war." It goes on to say, "this means the war effort took up all the resources and manpower of the countries involved. People were killed indiscriminately in the name of war--soldiers, civilians, children, the sick, the rich, and between professional soldiers, usually away from areas with large civilian populations. Total war led to the idea of the "home front" where ordinary citizens worked toward the war effort and experienced the horrors of war firsthand." The book contains a Timeline with what took place from 1937 to 1945. There is also a Glossary of words and terms that were not commonly used before WWII. For instance, the term "latch-key-children" shows up. The term was first used for the children of mothers who had to go to work because of the war effort. I found much of the information presented to be very enlightening and a concise reminder of the horror of that war.

This book is aimed at school children, ages 9 to 12 years old. I do think that it is not for children under the age of 12 years. The following is a list of some of the chapters: Home Fronts across the World---Bombing Civilians---Occupation and Resistance---Hardships---Foreigners etc. It even has a photograph showing a spy being shot by a firing squad of soldiers. I think that the book is well done, interesting and certainly got my full attention, but it is certainly not a book for younger children to read.

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