“The war ended ages ago… But we bring it all home… What happened on those battlefields never really leaves us.”Ĭlose friendships were formed in war. There are some very upsetting scenes to read as a character returns to the battlefield in his mind. Young men in their prime who were suffering from shell shock were not always understood by those around them. “The war took him away… And it gave him back, only not every part of him.” Many returned with what we would now diagnose as PTSD. Many were injured but not all scars could be seen. The reader gets inside her head as her thoughts become our thoughts. The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of twelve year old Natty. It is a story that will delight and entertain you whatever your age. When The War Came Home by Lesley Parr is a charming historical YA novel set after World War I.
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