The Good War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593173657)

A middle school must-read that exposes the anti-Semitism in our country today!

From the author of The Wave comes a poignant and timely novel about a group of seventh graders who are brought together--and then torn apart--by an afterschool club that plays a video game based on WW2.

There's a new afterschool club at Ironville Middle School.

Ms. Peterson is starting a video game club where the students will playing The Good War, a new game based on World War II.

They are divided into two teams: Axis and Allies, and they will be simulating a war they know nothing about yet. Only one team will win. But what starts out as friendly competition, takes an unexpected turn for the worst when an one player takes the game too far.

Can an afterschool club change the way the students see eachother...and how they see the world?

"By using a gaming lens to explore the students' entr馥 to prejudice and radicalization, he succeeds in lending immediacy and accessibility to his cautionary tale."--Kirkus Reviews

Author: Todd Strasser
ISBN-10: 0593173651
ISBN-13: 9780593173657
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2021
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 517027 / Good War


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2020 pg. 214
Publishers Weekly 12/07/2020
School Library Journal 12/01/2020 pg. 93
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2021 pg. 126
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average