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Sisters in Time #24
Laura's Victory: End of the Second World War (1945)
Time July 1944 - Thanksgiving 1945 As the Second World War grinds on, eleven-year-old Laura Edwards hopes and prays for an American victory. Inside her, though, another battle is Originally suspicious and resentful of a Japanese-American classmate, Laura begins to admire the girl's quiet strength in the face of persecution. When Laura learns that the girl's father fights for the U.S. Army in Europe, she comes to realize the dangers of judging solely by appearances. Using actual historical events to tell a compelling fictional story, Laura's Victory is perfect for eight- to twelve-year-old girls.
144 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2006
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About the author
Veda Boyd Jones
93 books26 followersVeda Boyd Jones enjoys the challenge of writing for diverse readers. She is the author of forty-two books: five children's historical novels, twenty-one children's biographies, three children's nonfiction books, three picture books, nine romance novels, and a coloring book. Other published works include over 400 articles and stories in children's and adult magazines (Cricket, Highlights, Humpty Dumpty, The Writer, Writer's Digest, Woman's World, etc.), articles in reference books, and five romance novellas. Veda has taught writing at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, and currently teaches for the Institute of Children's Literature. She and her husband, Jimmie, an architect, have three sons, Landon, Morgan, and Marshall.
Veda is a previous winner of the Writer's Digest Writing Competition in the articles division for a children's profile of Rachel Carson. Her romance novel Callie's Mountain was voted best contemporary in the annual readers' poll by Heartsong Presents a few years ago. Among her awards through the years from the Missouri Writer's Guild are Best Magazine Article, Best Historical Article, Best Adult Fiction, Best Children's Fiction, Best Children's Book, and Best Romance Novel.
Joe's Ghost is now available on Amazon Kindle.
Veda is a previous winner of the Writer's Digest Writing Competition in the articles division for a children's profile of Rachel Carson. Her romance novel Callie's Mountain was voted best contemporary in the annual readers' poll by Heartsong Presents a few years ago. Among her awards through the years from the Missouri Writer's Guild are Best Magazine Article, Best Historical Article, Best Adult Fiction, Best Children's Fiction, Best Children's Book, and Best Romance Novel.
Joe's Ghost is now available on Amazon Kindle.
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December 15, 2019
Pre Teens- Two Stars
New Teens- Three Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars
My personal Rating- Two Stars
Like a couple prior books in this series, due to some content and comments, I believe that parents should read this book with young readers to discuss the events happening in the story. It’s definitely not an easy read, but World War II was not an easy time.
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New Teens- Three Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars
My personal Rating- Two Stars
Like a couple prior books in this series, due to some content and comments, I believe that parents should read this book with young readers to discuss the events happening in the story. It’s definitely not an easy read, but World War II was not an easy time.
{{Official Content Review to Come.}}
September 25, 2021
'Laura's Victory: End of the Second World War' by Veda Boyd Jones is another great book in the Sisters In Time series. Each book in the series has between twelve and twenty chapters, which tell the story of a girl and the time in which she lived. They are (accurate!) Historical fiction and Christian fiction all in one.
This book is about Laura, a 10-year-old girl who lives with her family in Seattle at the end of World War Two.
This book is about Laura, a 10-year-old girl who lives with her family in Seattle at the end of World War Two.
July 16, 2023
I remember this being the most tolerable book of the series
September 16, 2023
a special story of the war days. Found it very interesting
January 24, 2016
Laura is 10 and part of a rather large family. Her father works at Boeing, and her mother seems to run a hotel. Anyhow, one of her brothers becomes seriously ill and is taken to the hospital. He has come down with polio.
It's 1944 in the novel, or early 1945. They are in Seattle, and there had been a Japanese American family living there, but they were shipped off to an internment camp.
Has a friend named Yvonne who hates the Japanese; her brother died at Pearl Harbor.
Eddie, the one with polio, comes back from the hospital. One leg is ok, but one is weak and he has to use crutches most of the time to walk. The school year then starts.
In Laura's class there's to be an election for someone to head their war-stamp program. Laura wonders if she can run even if she's a girl, and the teacher says she can, but probably won't get as many votes as a boy.
The Japanese-American family that had been at the hotel then were interned now return. This also includes a Japanese-American girl that will be going to the same school Laura does, but one grade below. Laura worries about what her friends will think.
Laura gets to learn more about Miyoko, the Japanese-American girl. Her father is in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Nisei group that was very highly decorated in the war.
Laura tries to get Yvonne to understand that there is nothing wrong with Miyoko just because she is of Japanese ancestry, any more than Yvonne is of German ancestry.
Several more persons of Japanese ancestry enter the school.
A reference is made by one of the school teachers of the explosion of a balloon bomb that ended up killing some people. (It was the only bomb of its kind that actually killed anyone, even though Japan sent some 9000 plus of these balloon bombs to the U.S. Around 90% of the bombs never made it to the U.S.)
There's a week left of school when Laura's father announces that they have sold the hotel and will move to a regular house.
The rest of the book deals with the end of the war and a short time after.
It's 1944 in the novel, or early 1945. They are in Seattle, and there had been a Japanese American family living there, but they were shipped off to an internment camp.
Has a friend named Yvonne who hates the Japanese; her brother died at Pearl Harbor.
Eddie, the one with polio, comes back from the hospital. One leg is ok, but one is weak and he has to use crutches most of the time to walk. The school year then starts.
In Laura's class there's to be an election for someone to head their war-stamp program. Laura wonders if she can run even if she's a girl, and the teacher says she can, but probably won't get as many votes as a boy.
The Japanese-American family that had been at the hotel then were interned now return. This also includes a Japanese-American girl that will be going to the same school Laura does, but one grade below. Laura worries about what her friends will think.
Laura gets to learn more about Miyoko, the Japanese-American girl. Her father is in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Nisei group that was very highly decorated in the war.
Laura tries to get Yvonne to understand that there is nothing wrong with Miyoko just because she is of Japanese ancestry, any more than Yvonne is of German ancestry.
Several more persons of Japanese ancestry enter the school.
A reference is made by one of the school teachers of the explosion of a balloon bomb that ended up killing some people. (It was the only bomb of its kind that actually killed anyone, even though Japan sent some 9000 plus of these balloon bombs to the U.S. Around 90% of the bombs never made it to the U.S.)
There's a week left of school when Laura's father announces that they have sold the hotel and will move to a regular house.
The rest of the book deals with the end of the war and a short time after.
August 31, 2010
This book was really good. I mostly picked it up cause I love the WWII era. And it's about a young girl, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. Laura became a strong girl in this book as she has to take on more responsibility when her brother becomes ill. Laura is also faced with having a Japenese friend and finding out more about her heritage also. It was very interesting to read as I learned more about WWII.
I recommend this book to any preteen girl who loves reading. Adults would enjoy reading it also.
I recommend this book to any preteen girl who loves reading. Adults would enjoy reading it also.
December 7, 2015
I appreciated this author's treatment of what I consider to be a silent part of America's history. The attitudes of these Pacific coast families toward those of Japanese descent is challenging for the black and white thinking Laura. Her method of helping her friends to see the truth was genius, and the resolution was very satisfying. This is a great read for middle-school girls.
September 23, 2011
I spotted this series in our School Library and since I am quite interested in WW2 i picked this one.
It was quite interesting, a little boring at the end. (but still kinda exciting.)
It was quite interesting, a little boring at the end. (but still kinda exciting.)
February 15, 2015
Previewed this for my little sister. It had some good history, and a few worthy mentions of God, but I didn't agree with its representation of some political things--including FDR's presidency.
March 24, 2015
Good portrayal of the conflicting messages about Americans with foreign backgrounds during WWII.
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