BIOGRAPHIES
Morrison, Joan Wehlen

Home Front Girl: A Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America

(3) YA Edited by Susan Signe Morrison. This transcribed diary captures the everyday interests and worries of Joan, an academically minded, politically interested teen at the dawn of World War II. In entries written between age fourteen and twenty, Joan is equally likely to fret over homework, relay the latest news from Europe, or chat about boys and friends. An impressive historical document with a dynamic narrator. Ind.

RELATED 

Get connected. Join our global community of more than 200,000 librarians and educators.

This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

We are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing.

ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER?