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by: Michelle Magorian
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780064404112
ISBN: 0064404110
Label: HarperCollins Publishers
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1992-04
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 648949
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers
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Product Description:
‘Rusty Dickinson was sent to the United States from England at the age of seven in 1940 to survive the war. When she returns in 1945, she finds a country and a family she neither understands nor likes, and vice versa.A marvelous look at the complexity of mother-daughter relationships.' —ALAN Review.
1984 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
1984 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - the author's best book
(For perspective: I am an adult, male, and American, but was in school when Rusty would have been.)
(To Michelle Magorian: This book could be a perennial. Please, please, re-publish it as a POD book so that it will stay in print and readers can buy a brand new copy.)
On the plus side, the book avoids some of the more egregious mistakes of the "Hayley Mills" movie, mainly Rusty's brashness in dealing with the people at her school. Her behavior might fit today's teenager ... Read More
Rating:  - Another hit by Magorian
I was read Goodnight Mr. Tom when I was younger and fell in love with this author. I didn't read Back Home until I was bit holder, when I was a teen and I love it. I own it and read it over and over again. I admire Rusty's spunk to keep going at it even after all else fails. Again Magorian knows how to write and give you a good image of WWII.
Rating: - So, happy to see this has been reprinted!!
I read Back Home when it was first out in hardcover way back in 1984. It was one of the first books I checked out from the public library on my new "young adult" card. This is an excellent choice for young women; had i a daughter, I would have her read it.
I plan on purchasing a hardcover version for nostalgic purposes, and hope one day my nieces will read it and enjoy it as much as i did.
Rating: - The Best!!
This book is one of my favorite books that I have ever read. It's the type of book that I can't put down. "Rusty" an English girl who was evacuated to America during World War II, comes back to England after 5 years to find everything in England has changed. Her mother doesn't even seem like her mother. Then she is sent to boarding school, and even has difficulties there. I reccomend this book to teenagers.
Rating: - The Best!!!!!!!!
This book is one of my favorite books that I have ever read. It's the type of book that I can't put down. "Rusty" an English girl who was evacuated to America during World War II, comes back to England after 5 years to find everything in England has changed. Her mother doesn't even seem like her mother. Then she is sent to boarding school, and even has difficulties there. I reccomend this book to teenagers.
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