After the Dancing Days

Rostkowski, Margaret I.

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ISBN 10: 006025078X ISBN 13: 9780060250782

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1986

A forbidden friendship with a badly disfigured soldier in the aftermath of World War I forces thirteen-year-old Annie to redefine the word "hero" and to question conventional ideas of patriotism.

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Review:

"A thoughtful story whose messages are advanced with quiet strength". -- ALA Booklist

"Compelling and impressive."--"The Horn Book""A thoughtful story whose messages are advanced with quiet strength."--ALA "Booklist"

About the Author:

Margaret I. Rostkowski was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont, and the University of Kansas. She is now a high-school teacher in Ogden, Utah. "I find that my students are deeply interested in the issues of war and peace and duty to country and where one finds true heroism," she writes. "This book grew out of those questions, many of which I haven't yet answered for myself."

After the Dancing Days won first place in the young-adult category (1983) and was awarded the publication prize (1985) in the Utah Original Writing Competition.

Ms. Rostkowski lives with her husband and son in Ogden, Utah.

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