The Sky We Shared
Shirley Reva Vernick
4.00 · 2 ratings · Published: 07 Jun 2022
In rural Oregon, Nellie spends her time lying in the grass, studying the stars, and wishing for her pa to return from the war and that the boy next-door neighbor, Joey, would talk to her again like he used to.
Soon the girls' lives become inextricably linked.
Tamiko and her classmates are brought to a damp, repurposed theater to make large paper balloons to help the military.
No one knows what they are for.
Nellie and her classmates ration food, work in salvage drives, and support their community.
No one knows what's coming.
Based on Japan's Project Fu-Go during the last stretch of World War II, The Sky We Shared uses the alternating perspectives of Nellie and Tamiko to depict the shared tragedies of two countries at war.
- historical fiction 3
- world war II 3
- war/big battles 2
- coming of age 2
- children 2
- poverty 2
- historical 2
- 20th century 1
- military, war & conflict 1
- multiple pov 1
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- format - reader age
- audiobook 3
- middle grade 3
- young adult 3
- book 1