About this book:
“When Rachel Ann feels overwhelmed by schoolwork, sports, and other activities, her grandmother, Eleanor Jo, helps to put things in perspective by relating her experiences about the difficult times growing up on a farm during World War II.”
Series: Book #5 in “The Eleanor” series. Reviews of Book #1 Here, Book #2 Here, Book #3 Here, and Book #4 Here! (This fifth book references events in the bonus book in the series, “Eleanor Jo: A Christmas to Remember”, which will be reviewed in December.)
Spiritual Content- 2 Chronicles 15:7 at the beginning & quoted and mentioned throughout the story; Many other Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, thought about, remembered, & shared throughout the story and bonus content at the end; Prayers; Church going & singing hymns; Eleanor Jo wishes that bad men like Hitler would read the Bible and follow God’s commands; Talks about God & Jesus; ’H’s are capital when referring to God and Jesus; Eleanor talks with her siblings about friends about God being everywhere (with us and in Heaven) & also have pretend church that leads to one of the girls asking Jesus into her heart; Eleanor recalls when she asked Jesus to come and live in her heart (Bonus book in series); Eleanor Jo’s father encourages her to pray for the enemy soldiers because they are all God’s children (which makes sense to her, but also is a little sad because it’s God’s children that are quarreling and fighting); Mentions of God, Jesus, & gifts/talents from Him; Mentions of prayers (including a girl praying for Jesus to come back soon), praying, & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, church going, services, sermons, hymns, & pastors; Mentions of Christmas & celebrating Jesus’ birth; A few mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; A few mentions of those & events in the Bible; A couple mentions of Heaven; A couple mentions of being blessed; A mention of listening to the Holy Spirit; A mention of being named the Christian athlete of the year at school; A mention of tithes; At the end of the book, in bonus content, there is a devotional-like lesson about hard work with many Scriptures and Biblical events shared.
Negative Content- Eleanor Jo is concerned that her father may be drafted & that they might be bombed; Eleanor Jo is worried about a prisoner of war camp being built near her home (adding that she is afraid of the Germans and Japanese; When her brother disappears one day, Eleanor Jo is afraid that one of the enemy soldiers escaped and stole him; Eleanor Jo tells her father about her fears and he encourages her to pray for those soldiers because all of the fighting men are God’s children); Set during, all about, & many mentions of World War II, fighting overseas, deaths, near deaths, injuries, bombings, & prisoners of war; Mentions of the Great Depression; A few mentions of Japanese-Americans being placed in internment camps because of their heritage during WWII; A couple mentions of other wars; A couple mentions of stealing; A couple mentions of rumors & lies; A mention of a woman losing her hearing when she had the measles as a teen; A mention of a coyote getting inside a henhouse;
*Note: When Eleanor gets a perm, many of her friends and adults compliment her new hair style by saying she looks beautiful and grown up; Mentions of actresses & movies (Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, Tales of Manhattan, & Broadway Melody); A couple mentions of J.C. Penney.
Sexual Content- A couple mentions of boyfriends/girlfriends;
*Note: Eleanor’s little brother is confused how their family’s dogs had puppies because they aren’t married and plans a wedding ceremony for the dogs (even though their mother explains that dogs don’t get married).
-Rachel Ann, age 14
-Eleanor Jo Bozeman, age 10-12
P.O.V. switches between them (Rachel Ann in Prologue & Epilogue only)
Set in present day (prologue & epilogue) & 1941-1943
193 pages
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My personal Rating-
I think this might be my first middle-grade book set in World War II where the main character’s father or brother isn’t drafted to fight overseas. Because of this, the story had a little different outlook on the events and Eleanor Jo having a close relationship with her dad. She is a little perfect at times, but I still really liked her heart for helping others. Overall, it was a sweet book with a good lesson in working hard!
See y’all on Friday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
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