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A stunning contemporary YA drama about a soldier's daughter whose efforts to help Afghan orphans creates a political firestorm over the ethics of war and charity.

Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-100547244371

ISBN-139780547244372

eBay Product ID (ePID)150501104

Product Key Features

Book TitleOperation Oleander

TopicAction & Adventure / General, Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, General, Family / Adoption

Publication Year2013

LanguageEnglish

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorValerie O. Patterson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8in.

Item Length8.2in.

Item Width5.5in.

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN2012-023166

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience, Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years

Reviews"Many young readers will identify with the day-to-day trepidation felt by Jess, Meriwether, and the other families living on the base." - VOYA, 3Q 4P M J "Full of detail about Army life, Patterson's elegant prose brings readers deep inside Jess's conflicted point of view and the many stresses she is under, as she reevaluates her role as a member of a military family." - Publishers Weekly, "Many young readers will identify with the day-to-day trepidation felt by Jess, Meriwether, and the other families living on the base." - VOYA, 3Q 4P M J "Full of detail about Army life, Patterson's elegant prose brings readers deep inside Jess's conflicted point of view and the many stresses she is under, as she reevaluates her role as a member of a military family." - Publishers Weekly "Patterson poignantly depicts war's effect on those at home as Jess and her friends absorb and react to the events. This solid novel joins the growing number of books illustrating the war's effect on Afghan people." - Booklist "Patterson has an amazing ability to convey the tension and fear that families and friends of deployed soldiers bear every day and the heart-stopping terror when news programs show violence against troops that may result in one of their loved ones being wounded or dead." - School Library Journal "Patterson writes with compassion for both sides of this thorny issue, and her steady focus on the emotional trauma of the stateside teens keeps the story from devlolving into a coolly cerebral exercise in anti-terrorism strategy." - Bulletin, "Many young readers will identify with the day-to-day trepidation felt by Jess, Meriwether, and the other families living on the base." - VOYA, 3Q 4P M J, "Many young readers will identify with the day-to-day trepidation felt by Jess, Meriwether, and the other families living on the base." -- VOYA, 3Q 4P M J "Full of detail about Army life, Patterson's elegant prose brings readers deep inside Jess's conflicted point of view and the many stresses she is under, as she reevaluates her role as a member of a military family." -- Publishers Weekly "Patterson poignantly depicts war's effect on those at home as Jess and her friends absorb and react to the events. This solid novel joins the growing number of books illustrating the war's effect on Afghan people." -- Booklist "Patterson has an amazing ability to convey the tension and fear that families and friends of deployed soldiers bear every day and the heart-stopping terror when news programs show violence against troops that may result in one of their loved ones being wounded or dead." -- School Library Journal "Patterson writes with compassion for both sides of this thorny issue, and her steady focus on the emotional trauma of the stateside teens keeps the story from devlolving into a coolly cerebral exercise in anti-terrorism strategy." -- Bulletin, "Many young readers will identify with the day-to-day trepidation felt by Jess, Meriwether, and the other families living on the base." - VOYA, 3Q 4P M J "Full of detail about Army life, Patterson's elegant prose brings readers deep inside Jess's conflicted point of view and the many stresses she is under, as she reevaluates her role as a member of a military family." - Publishers Weekly "Patterson poignantly depicts war's effect on those at home as Jess and her friends absorb and react to the events. This solid novel joins the growing number of books illustrating the war's effect on Afghan people." - Booklist "Patterson has an amazing ability to convey the tension and fear that families and friends of deployed soldiers bear every day and the heart-stopping terror when news programs show violence against troops that may result in one of their loved ones being wounded or dead." - School Library Journal, "Many young readers will identify with the day-to-day trepidation felt by Jess, Meriwether, and the other families living on the base." - VOYA, 3Q 4P M J "Full of detail about Army life, Patterson's elegant prose brings readers deep inside Jess's conflicted point of view and the many stresses she is under, as she reevaluates her role as a member of a military family." - Publishers Weekly "Patterson poignantly depicts war's effect on those at home as Jess and her friends absorb and react to the events. This solid novel joins the growing number of books illustrating the war's effect on Afghan people." - Booklist

Dewey Edition23

Age Range10-12

Grade fromFifth Grade

Grade toSeventh Grade

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

Lc Classification NumberPz7.P278152oth 2013

Number of Pages192 Pages