BLUE SKIES
by
Anne Bustard
Genres: Middle Grade / Historical Fiction
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Date of Publication: March 17, 2020
Number of Pages: 224
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Ten-year-old Glory Bea Bennett believes in miracles. After all, her grandmother—the best matchmaker in the whole county—is responsible for thirty-nine of them so far.
Now, Glory Bea wants a miracle of her own—her daddy’s return.
The war ended three years ago, but Glory Bea’s father never returned from the front in France. She believes Daddy is still out there.
When reports that the Texas boxcar from the Merci Train—a train filled with gifts of gratitude from the people of France—will be stopping in Gladiola, Glory Bea just knows Daddy will be its surprise cargo.
But miracles, like people, are always changing, until at last they find their way home.
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PRAISE FOR BLUE SKIES:
“Blue Skies” (Ella Fitzgerald, artist)
“Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer” (Vera Lynn, artist)
“The Glory of Love” (The Platters, artists)
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (Bing Crosby, artist)
“I’ll Be Seeing You” (Bing Crosby, artist)
“I’ll Never Smile Again” (Frank Sinatra, artist)
“I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover” (Art Mooney, artist)
“La Marseillaise” (Mireille Mathieu, artist)
“My Happiness” (Ella Fitzgerald, artist)
“Till the End of Time” (Perry Como, artist)
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PRAISE FOR BLUE SKIES:
“I loved Blue Skies so much I couldn’t bear for it to end.” --Patricia Reilly Giff, Newbery Honor author of Lily’s Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods
“A heart-warming (and occasionally heart-wrenching) delight of a book . . .” --Joy Preble, Brazos Bookstore
"A tender story of grief and the gentle comfort of loved ones." -- Kirkus Reviews
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“Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer” (Vera Lynn, artist)
“The Glory of Love” (The Platters, artists)
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (Bing Crosby, artist)
“I’ll Be Seeing You” (Bing Crosby, artist)
“I’ll Never Smile Again” (Frank Sinatra, artist)
“I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover” (Art Mooney, artist)
“La Marseillaise” (Mireille Mathieu, artist)
“My Happiness” (Ella Fitzgerald, artist)
“Till the End of Time” (Perry Como, artist)
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Anne Bustard is the former co-owner of Toad Hall Children’s Bookstore in Austin, Texas, and an MFA graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of the middle grade novel, Anywhere But Paradise, as well as two picture books, RAD! and Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly, which was an IRA Children’s Book Award Notable and a Bank Street Book of the Year. Hawaii-born, she divides her time between Texas and Canada.║Website ║ Facebook ║
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