Brothers far from home : the World War I diary of Eliza Bates / by Jean Little.
Material type:
TextSeries: Dear CanadaPublication details: Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada, 2003.Description: 235 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cmISBN: - 043996900X
- 9780439969000
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Diaries -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Ontario -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction
- Canada -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
- Ontario -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Uxbridge (Ont. : Township) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
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It has been two long years since Eliza's beloved older brother, Hugo, went away to war. Caught up in his enthusiasm, she couldn't understand her parent's less-than enthusiastic reaction. Now that her other brother Jack has also enlisted, she yearns for the safe return of both brothers. If only she had a friend that she could talk to about her feelings....
"Uxbridge, Ontario, 1916"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
In 1916, in Uxbridge, Ontario, twelve-year-old Eliza, a Presbyterian minister's daughter, chronicles her family's experiences after her two brothers leave for Europe to fight in the war.