Cold War on Maplewood Street

Publisher Marketing: Joanna can't get over how her brother broke his promise to never leave like their dad did. Sam is thousands of miles away on a navy ship, and no matter how often he sends letters, Joanna refuses to write back. But then President Kennedy comes on TV with frightening news about Soviet missiles in Cuba - and that's where Sam's heading. Suddenly Joanna's worries about being home alone, building up the courage to talk to a cute boy, and not being allowed to go to the first boy-girl party in her grade don't seem so important. Maybe sometimes there are good reasons to break a promise. The tense timeline of the Cuban missile crisis unfolds alongside a powerful story about what it means to grow up in a world full of uncertainty. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2015 (EAN 9780399171833, Hardcover) School Library Journal 06/01/2015 pg. 104 (EAN 9780399171833, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 05/25/2015 (EAN 9780399171833, Hardcover) Booklist 07/01/2015 pg. 68 (EAN 9780399171833, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2015 (EAN 9780399171833, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Rosengren, Gayle Gayle Rosengren grew up in Chicago. She enjoyed school, was a voracious reader, and loved dogs and horses. She attended Knox College, where she majored in creative writing and was the editor of the literary magazine. Now Gayle writes full-time just outside of Madison, Wisconsin, where she lives with her husband, Don, and their slightly neurotic rescue dog, Fiona. Contributor Bio:  Rubinate, Amy Amy Rubinate has narrated over 140 audiobooks and has won multiple "AudioFile" Earphones Awards. She has a degree in oral interpretation of literature and has won national awards for poetry reading. Amy has also narrated many interactive children's books and provided character voices for toys and video games.