false 6238740 1 <i>Meet Mare, a grandmother with flair and a fascinating past.</i><br><br>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. <br><br>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. 6421478 9 6 2009 Mare's War total:45|5:10|4:22|3:12|2:1|1:0| 45 176 107 23 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 1 false Thu Jul 16 13:04:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 13:07:33 -0700 2009
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 myste...more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:46:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:58:32 -0700 2009
Spitfire grandma that served in WWII takes 2 typical upper middle class American teens on a road trip and tells about the realities of her past. She covers things like racism (the...more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 5 0 false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:07:47 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 16:22:16 -0700 2009
Mare is an older woman with two young grand-daughters, Octavia and Tali, who seem to need a little bit of an educatio...more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 0 0 false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 14:59:17 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 09:08:07 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 3 0 false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 15:35:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:46:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 0 false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 18:37:52 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 11:58:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 0 false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 18:24:47 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 05:56:08 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 17:58:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:10:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 08:33:57 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 08:38:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 3 0 false Wed Jul 29 07:19:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 07:55:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 5 0 false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 08:28:35 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 16:47:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 0 false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 14:56:44 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 15:52:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 0 false Thu Oct 22 18:00:55 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:48:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:16:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:19:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 5 0 false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 14:08:29 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 07:39:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 0 false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 18:26:17 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 11:11:03 -0700 2009 Flygirl, this is a WWII story that hasn't already been told a million times, covering a piece of history that I didn't know existed. Stories of female soldiers are few enough without the added aspect of race. A modern-day story line introduces us to Mare through her grand-daughters, adding an...more...]]> 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 0 0 false Thu Jul 09 09:08:38 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 09:08:38 -0700 2009 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 0 0 false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 19:38:45 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 19:40:20 -0700 2009 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 18:37:48 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 18:39:06 -0700 2009 6238740 0375857141 9780375857140 45 23 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6238740.Mare_s_War 3 0 false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 21:37:16 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 21:38:48 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6238740