{"product_id":"the-skylarks-war-paperback","title":"The Skylarks' War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHilary McKay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRebecca Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eHorn Book \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2018 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Vivid, hilarious, and heartbreaking.\" --Elizabeth Wein, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCode Name Verity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best children's book I've read this year.\" --Katherine Rundell, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eCartwheeling in Thunderstorms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A near-miraculous balance of light and joyous touch with sometimes serious and even heartbreaking material.\" --\u003ci\u003eBCCB \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning author Hilary McKay comes a \"wholly satisfying\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) story full of wit, heartbreak, and hope as a girl fights for her independence during World War I.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClarry Penrose finds the good in everyone. Even in her father, who isn't fond of children, and especially girls. He doesn't worry about her education, because he knows she won't need it. It's the early twentieth century, and the only thing girls are expected to do is behave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Clarry longs for a life of her own. She wants to dive off cliffs and go swimming with her brother Peter and cousin Rupert. And more than anything, she wants an education. She helps Peter with his homework all the time, so why can't she manage it by herself? When war breaks out, Clarry is shocked to find that Rupert has enlisted. Then he is declared missing, and Clarry is devastated. Now she must take a momentous step into the wide world--for if she misses this chance, she may never make it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an inspirational, funny, and heartwarming story about a girl who dares to open doors that the world would rather keep closed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilary McKay is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Time of Green Magic\u003c\/i\u003e (which received five starred reviews), \u003ci\u003eThe Skylarks' War \u003c\/i\u003e(which was a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book and received three starred reviews), \u003ci\u003eBinny Bewitched \u003c\/i\u003e(which was a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year and received two starred reviews), \u003ci\u003e Binny in Secret\u003c\/i\u003e (which received three starred reviews), \u003ci\u003eBinny for Short\u003c\/i\u003e (which received four starred reviews), and six novels about the Casson family: \u003ci\u003eSaffy's Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndigo's Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Permanent Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCaddy Ever After\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForever Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCaddy's World\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWishing for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett's \u003ci\u003eA Little Princess\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Swallows' Flight\u003c\/i\u003e. Hilary lives with her family in Derbyshire, England. 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