Mares War, Tanita S. Davis
Mares War, Tanita S. Davis
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Mare's War

Author: Tanita S. Davis

Narrator: Sisi Aisha Johnson, Myra Lucretia Taylor

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/21/2011

Synopsis

Meet Mare, a grandmother with flair and a fascinating past. Octavia and Tali are dreading the road trip their parents are forcing them to take with their grandmother over the summer. After all, Mare isn't your typical grandmother. She drives a red sports car, wears stiletto shoes, flippy wigs, and push-up bras, and insists that she's too young to be called Grandma. But somewhere on the road, Octavia and Tali discover there's more to Mare than what you see. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less-than-perfect life in the deep South and lied about her age to join the African American battalion of the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Told in alternating chapters, half of which follow Mare through her experiences as a WAC member and half of which follow Mare and her granddaughters on the road in the present day, this novel introduces a larger-than-life character who will stay with readers long after they finish reading.

About Tanita S. Davis

Tanita S. Davis is the award-winning author of six novels for middle grade and young adult readers, including Serena Says, Peas and Carrots, Happy Families, and Mare’s War, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and earned her a nomination for the NAACP Image Award. She grew up in California and was so chatty as a kid that her mother begged her to “just write it down.” Now she’s back in California, doing her best to keep writing it all down. Visit her at tanitasdavis.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 08, 2012

Reviewed by Amber Gibson for TeensReadToo.com Going on a road trip with their wacky grandmother, Mare, is not at all how either Octavia or Tali wants to spend their summer. However, at Mare's insistence, they reluctantly agree to accompany her all the way across the country for some mysterious family......more

Goodreads review by Alex on February 16, 2019

The other day, I was going taking a little walk down memory lane, scrolling through my other blog, The Children's War, and remembering some of the wonderful books I've read for it. Way back in August 2010, I wrote about one of my favorite books, Mare's War, and decided to reread it and share it here......more

Goodreads review by Amy! on February 13, 2017

I really enjoyed this. Both the current storyline on the road trip and the past storyline in WWII were compelling, and all the characters were great.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on December 16, 2009

So, more like 2.75. I couldn't get engaged with it as I wished but if I were a teen, I'd have loved it. I felt with this one like I did with Laurie Halse Anderson's "Chains" -- not enough patience as an adult but one in which I'd be utterly captivated when I was younger. That said, I felt Mare's narr......more

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