The Resource Soldier mom, Alice Mead
Soldier mom, Alice Mead
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- Summary
- Eleven-year-old Jasmyn gets a different perspective on life when her mother is sent to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother behind in Maine in the care of her Mother's boyfriend. Jasmyn's single mother, an Army reservist, is sent to Saudi Arabia at the start of the Persian Gulf War. Jas soon finds herself in charge of running the house and caring for her baby brother. Jas can't understand why her mother has a job that forces her to leave her children. This novel portrays the situation faced by thousands of single parents who served in Operation Desert Storm. Jasmyn is horrified when her single mother is called up from the army reserves to go to Saudi Arabia at the start of the Persian Gulf War. Her mother is gone two days later, leaving Jasmyn with Jake, her mother's boyfriend and the father of her baby half brother. Suddenly Jas finds herself in charge of running the house and caring for the baby. Now there's no time for practice with her school basketball team. Jas can't understand why her mother has a job that forces her to leave her children. If only Jake were a more responsible adult. Feeling abandoned and overwhelmed, Jas wonders how much longer this can go on
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (152 pages)
- Note
- "A Yearling Book."
- Label
- Soldier mom
- Title
- Soldier mom
- Statement of responsibility
- Alice Mead
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Eleven-year-old Jasmyn gets a different perspective on life when her mother is sent to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother behind in Maine in the care of her Mother's boyfriend. Jasmyn's single mother, an Army reservist, is sent to Saudi Arabia at the start of the Persian Gulf War. Jas soon finds herself in charge of running the house and caring for her baby brother. Jas can't understand why her mother has a job that forces her to leave her children. This novel portrays the situation faced by thousands of single parents who served in Operation Desert Storm. Jasmyn is horrified when her single mother is called up from the army reserves to go to Saudi Arabia at the start of the Persian Gulf War. Her mother is gone two days later, leaving Jasmyn with Jake, her mother's boyfriend and the father of her baby half brother. Suddenly Jas finds herself in charge of running the house and caring for the baby. Now there's no time for practice with her school basketball team. Jas can't understand why her mother has a job that forces her to leave her children. If only Jake were a more responsible adult. Feeling abandoned and overwhelmed, Jas wonders how much longer this can go on
- Cataloging source
- OCO
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mead, Alice
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.M42
- LC item number
- So 2001
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Mothers and daughters
- Single-parent families
- Persian Gulf War
- Army reserves
- Persian Gulf War (1991)
- United States
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- Soldier mom, Alice Mead
- Note
- "A Yearling Book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Extent
- 1 online resource (152 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036952778
- Label
- Soldier mom, Alice Mead
- Note
- "A Yearling Book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Extent
- 1 online resource (152 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036952778
Subject
- 1991
- Army reserves -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Juvenile works
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Persian Gulf War (1991)
- Persian Gulf War -- Fiction
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- United States -- Fiction
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Single-parent families -- Fiction
- United States
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