Bertie’s War Review

Description:

About the author:

Barbara Tifft Blakey is a freelance writer and author of the award-winning literature-based language arts program Total Language Plus. Barbara is also a nationally recognized speaker, conducting workshops and seminars for Christian women’s groups and homeschooling conventions for more than fifteen years. She lives in Olympia, Washington, with her husband Terry.

Bertie’s War is available for purchase in paperback for $7.99.  It is considered historical juvenile fiction.

You can find an excerpt from Chapter One here and study guide questions for the book here.

My Thoughts:

I normally enjoy historical fiction as it can give you a better understanding of what people may have gone through during that time period.  Unfortunately, I had a hard time reading this book.  For some reason, it did not flow well for me, but my main problem is that I didn’t care for the principal character, Bertie.  Bertie was filled with fear and lived her life accordingly.  She lived in her own little fantasy world which kept her from being able to look beyond herself and see the world around her.

That being said, Barbara makes the characters believable, and the book gives you a feel for what it might have been like to be a child living during the Cold War Era.  As you read the book, you see that not all is what it seems at first glance.

Will I have Munchkin read this book?  Probably not at this time.  I do not think she would benefit from reading it at this stage in her life.

I encourage you to head over and read more reviews from other crew members as there are a variety of opinions on this book.