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the_fabric_of_words's review against another edition
5.0
And finally, the third book, A Troubled Peace, Elliott takes us back to Henry's story, the American co-pilot, after the end of WWII.
He's back in the US, but having a hard time adjusting to living in peace-time (he has PTSD, known as battle fatigue), and decides to go back to France and see how all the people who helped him survive fared. Most do not make it.
Using his best marble shooter, which he gifted to the son of a woman who helped him, he finds the boy, now completely orphaned, and brings him home to America and begins to work through his war experiences.
The publisher this book in the series, Harper Collins, does not offer free CC-aligned teaching resources, but does offer a wonderful essay by the author discussing how her father's stories influenced the fiction she wrote. Elliott's author page also offers a sample lesson plan for this text.
For the free teaching materials mentioned here, visit my blog: https://amb.mystrikingly.com/blog/war-torn-historical-fiction
He's back in the US, but having a hard time adjusting to living in peace-time (he has PTSD, known as battle fatigue), and decides to go back to France and see how all the people who helped him survive fared. Most do not make it.
Using his best marble shooter, which he gifted to the son of a woman who helped him, he finds the boy, now completely orphaned, and brings him home to America and begins to work through his war experiences.
The publisher this book in the series, Harper Collins, does not offer free CC-aligned teaching resources, but does offer a wonderful essay by the author discussing how her father's stories influenced the fiction she wrote. Elliott's author page also offers a sample lesson plan for this text.
For the free teaching materials mentioned here, visit my blog: https://amb.mystrikingly.com/blog/war-torn-historical-fiction
flyingsails's review against another edition
3.0
Not as good as the prequel, [b:Under a War-Torn Sky|875411|Under a War-Torn Sky|Laura Malone Elliott|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179106423s/875411.jpg|2870993], unfortunately.
fredrikaus's review against another edition
5.0
"Under a War-Torn Sky" has been my favorite book ever since I read it as a child, but I had no idea there was a sequel to it until a couple of months ago when I hastily bought it off of Amazon without research or checking out reviews. To be honest, I've read almost all of L.M. Elliott's books and have loved them all for many different reasons, specifically the amazing historical research and accuracy she writes with, so I had high hopes.
This book is like her others: well-written and heavily researched. It helps that Henry Forester is one of my favorite characters (probably one of my earliest Book Boyfriends). I am very emotional after reading the book, just like I was after reading "Under a War-Torn Sky," and pleased with the conclusion of Henry's story. All my favorite characters returned (Patsy, Pierre, and Madame), though not always happily, but it tied off Henry's relationships very well.
Overall, I am very happy I read it. I almost feel like that kid who read the first book over and over again, highlighting her favorite passages, and mourned over how beaten up the book became after carrying it all over the place to reread in a spare moment.
This book is like her others: well-written and heavily researched. It helps that Henry Forester is one of my favorite characters (probably one of my earliest Book Boyfriends). I am very emotional after reading the book, just like I was after reading "Under a War-Torn Sky," and pleased with the conclusion of Henry's story. All my favorite characters returned (Patsy, Pierre, and Madame), though not always happily, but it tied off Henry's relationships very well.
Overall, I am very happy I read it. I almost feel like that kid who read the first book over and over again, highlighting her favorite passages, and mourned over how beaten up the book became after carrying it all over the place to reread in a spare moment.
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