{"product_id":"9780062015280-rumors-of-peace-a-novel","title":"Leffland Ella - Rumors Of Peace A Novel - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: \" One of those deceptively guileless novels like A Member of the Wedding and To Kill a Mockingbird that sees more than it lets on.\" New York Times Book Review A rediscovered classic Rumors of Peace is Ella Leffland's beautifully wrought story of a young girl's coming of age during WWII an extraordinary story chronicling the loss of American innocence through the voice of one remarkable young girl. To ten - year - old Suse Hansen the fighting in Europe seems far away from the blue skies and quiet streets of her Bay Area home in Mendoza California despite newspaper war photographs and the tense radio broadcasts. But Pearl Harbor changes everything. Caught up in the fear and uncertainty of air raid drills draft calls and the mysterious departure of her Japanese and Italian neighbors Suse becomes obsessed with the war. As Mendoza and the rest of America adjust to their new lives Suse too will face challenges of her own as she begins to navigate the uncharted terrain of adolescence. Over the next four years she will confront the complexities of life the demands of school evolving friendships brothers and sisters leaving home the disturbing thrill of sexual awakening while trying to understand who she is and what the future may hold for a world consumed by the horror of war.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Rumors Of Peace A Novel\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Leffland Ella\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Harpercollins\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780062015280\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 400 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 4\/5\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leffland Ella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49589850964273,"sku":"IN-G-9780062015280","price":17.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780062015280.jpg?v=1753213297","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780062015280-rumors-of-peace-a-novel","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}