Blueberries for the Queen
By Katherine Paterson; Susan Jeffers (Illustrator); John Paterson
(HarperCollins, Paperback, 9780064438742, 32pp.)
Publication Date: May 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover
Categories: Historical - United States - 20th Century, Royalty (kings queens princes princesses knights etc.)
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It's summertime in New England during World War II, and a boy named William likes to imagine at bedtime that he is a brave knight fighting great battles to end the war. But in the morning he is always just William again, not big enough to contribute to the war effort like the rest of his family. Then a real queen moves in just down the road: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Now William has his chance to do something. It may not be "war work"—it's more like peace work—but that makes all the difference.
“Only the hardest-hearted will fail to be moved by this skillful presentation of a timeless theme.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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