Captain Rosalie (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536205206)

Timoth e de Fombelle and Isabelle Arsenault capture the heart-wrenching cost of war for one small girl in a delicately drawn, expertly told tale.

While her father is at war, five-year-old Rosalie is a captain on her own secret mission. She wears the disguise of a little girl and tracks her progress in a secret notebook. Some evenings, Rosalie's mother reads aloud Father's letters from the front lines, so that Rosalie knows he is thinking of her and looking forward to the end of the war and to finally coming home. But one day a letter comes that her mother doesn't read to her, and Rosalie knows her mission must soon come to an end. Author Timoth e de Fombelle reveals the true consequence of war through the experiences of small, determined Rosalie, while acclaimed artist Isabelle Arsenault illustrates Rosalie's story in muted grays marked with soft spots of color -- the orange flame of Rosalie's hair, the pale pink of a scarf, the deep blue ink of her father's letters. All the more captivating for the simplicity with which it is drawn and told, this quiet tale will stay with the reader long after its last page is turned.

Author: Timothee de Fombelle
ISBN-10: 1536205206
ISBN-13: 9781536205206
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 06/11/2019
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.40h x 6.30w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 501146 / Captain Rosalie


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2019 pg. 84
Booklist 05/15/2019 pg. 56
School Library Journal 05/24/2019 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2019
Shelf Awareness 07/12/2019
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2019 pg. 83
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average