Time Period: July 1943 - June 1944
Ten-year-old Jennie Fleming is doing what she can to help win a
war-she’s hoeing weeds in her “Victory Garden.” In 1944, with the
United States battling both Germany and Japan in a worldwide
conflict, everyone must play a part in the overall war effort.
Jennie’s War uses actual historical events to tell the intriguing
fictional story of a young girl on the "home front"-and her
suspicions that a new man in the neighborhood might be a spy. The
compelling reading makes it a favorite of eight- to twelve-year-old
girls.