After the Dancing Days - Hardcover

Margaret I. Rostkowski

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060250771 ISBN 13: 9780060250775

Publisher: Harper & Row, 1986

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

IS WAR A THING TO BE FORGOTTEN?

THAT'S WHAT ANNIE'S MOTHER would like to do. She wants to forget the pain and heartache -- and to keep it away from Annie, too. But Annie cannot forget the death of her favorite uncle, who was killed in France. She cannot forget Andrew, the angry young veteran she meets at the hospital where her father works. Can Annie find the courage to help Andrew? And will she ever be able to make sense of a war that took so much from so many?

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0060250771
• ISBN 13: 9780060250775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 217