Dear Papa - Hardcover

Ylvisaker, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763616184 ISBN 13: 9780763616182

Publisher: Candlewick Pr, 2002

Synopsis

In September of 1943, one year after her father's death, nine-year-old Isabelle begins writing him letters, which are interspersed with letters to other members of her family, relating important events in her life and how she feels about them.

About this title

Book Description:

A heartfelt and funny novel-in-letters about a young girl who learns to cope with the loss of her father during World War II.

About the Author:

Anne Ylvisaker (pronounced ILL vi’soccer) has published essays and magazine articles for adults, as well as nonfiction books for children. She taught elementary school for twelve years and holds a master’s in education. She says, "A few years ago my aunt told me about a lost childhood letter she’d written to her father just before he died. That lost letter consumed my imagination. The letter was never found, so I made up my own, and that was the beginning of DEAR PAPA." DEAR PAPA is Anne Ylvisaker’s first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0763616184
• ISBN 13: 9780763616182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184