Soldier Mom
- ISBN-10
- 1429940255
- ISBN-13
- 9781429940252
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-10-14
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Author
- Alice Mead
Description
A single parent is suddenly called to serve in the Persian Gulf War. In early August 1990, eleven-year-old Jasmyn Williams is shocked when her mother, a member of the Army Reserve, is called to active service. Within thirty-six hours, she is gone. Jas and Andrew, her baby half brother, are left in the care of her mother's boyfriend, Jake, who has never been responsible for Andrew, much less Jas. At first Jas is filled with anger. Then, despite the sacrifices she must make, including precious basketball practice, Jas comes to understand that her mother has to do her job. Still, she wonders, should a mother have a job that might require abandoning her children? Alice Mead, always an advocate for children, takes a firm stand on their behalf even as she creates a heroine who could probably adjust to anything.
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