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Welcome to Molly's World,1944: Growing Up in World War Two America (American Girls Collection (Cloth))

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Title: Welcome to Molly's World,1944: Growing Up in World War Two America (American Girls Collection (Cloth))
by Catherine Gourley, Camela Decaire, Laszlo Kubinyi, Jamie Young, Connie Russell, Susan McAliley, Jean-Paul Tibbles
ISBN: 1-56247-773-0
Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date: October, 1999
Format: Hardcover
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $14.95
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Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

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Rating: 4
Summary: a good glance at Molly's world in 1944...
Comment: I found this book to be a great read about the 1940's, as did my grandparents, who were teenagers back then. However, I felt that it muted things a little...such as the war, the nazis, and what was really going on. The actual Molly books do a better job of bluntly protraying Molly's world by pointing out the hardships faced during the war. Out of all the books I read about the second world war, this one only skims the surface. But it is perfect for the person who is just learning about the war. And it did bring back many a memory to my grandparents, who remember many of the things described in the book.

Rating: 3
Summary: An icon-filled bridge to a time that was.
Comment: Culled from the diaries, letters, advertisements, newsreels & newspapers of those years, you will read what it was like growing up in the 1940s in a world at war & what the family & the nation did to ensure there was enough to eat & enough to fight with.

I was a little girl "over there" during these years, so I picked up this bright history book with a certain degree of remembrances of things past.

This is an interesting way of looking at history - from a girl's point of view of how a world war affected her childhood. While Molly is a fictional character, there are enough women still alive who can attest to the veracity of Molly's experiences because the places & the times of her story are real.

One glaring omission is any reference to the daughters of Japanese-American families incarcerated in camps in the wilds of the American West for the duration.

Molly's World of 1944 is filled with nostalgic icons & while it contains magazine-like sidebars, photos & articles on everything from clothes to factory work to dogs to changing from war time to peace, it is couched in bland, politically correct language.

Notwithstanding the squeaky-cleanliness & disturbingly superficial information, this is a worthy bridge to a time that was. A way to connect today's girls with their grandmothers' girlhood.

Rating: 5
Summary: Welcome to Molly's World - 1944
Comment: This book is simply a marvel.It talks about how life was in 1944 using first hand sources, like real snapshots, posters, helmets. It's the must have book for any girl studying WW2 and, of course, for any Molly's fan. I would recommend it for girls age 10 and above, but even a younger child might appreciate it with the help of a parent, or, better, of a grandmother that can add information on how her life was in those days.

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