![]() ![]() ![]() At first, the absence of this detail simply bothered me. On another note, something that stuck with me for the duration of the book was that "the enemy" was never identified. Moments later, I realized (with a little bit of horror) that the reason I was so impacted by this sentence was because of the ease with which I related to the sentiment that Daisy was expressing. ![]() Perhaps the most powerful line in this novel was when Daisy commented, "No matter how much you put on a sad expression and talked about how awful it was that all those people were killed.the fact that none of us kids said out loud was that WE DIDN’T REALLY CARE." I was taken aback when I first read that sentence. I wanted to echo Rachel's thoughts on how honestly this novel displays the experience of young children and teenagers living in war-stricken times. ![]()
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