Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II Story
By Louise Borden, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker
Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 4.5
Lexile Measure®: 840L
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: S
Genre
- General Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Social Studies
- Character and Values
- Geography and Map Skills
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About This Book
When the United States enters World War II, Molly is attending Beechwood Elementary. But her thoughts are with Ted Walker, her neighbor, who is serving aboard a cruiser in the South Atlantic.Three years later, the war is still going on and Molly is in the fourth grade. Ted is still at sea, as a naval officer of the USS Albacore, a submarine in the Pacific Ocean. Orchard Road feels like the safest place on earth, but somewhere on the other side of the world, Ted and his crew are carrying out dangerous missions. No one knows when they will come home, and young Molly must find a way to live with fear during wartime.
About the Authors or Illustrators
Louise Borden began work on her first children's book, Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens: A Book About the Four Seasons, when her youngest child began elementary school. Her love of history has come into play in many of the books that have followed, as has her experience with children's thoughts, feelings, and concerns.
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