Jimmy's Stars

First edition
Author	Mary Ann Rodman
Language	English
Genre	young adult novel
Publisher	Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date	2008
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	257 pp
ISBN	0-374-33703-9
OCLC	86109697
LC Class	PZ7.R6166 Jim 2008

Jimmy's Stars is a children's historical novel by the American writer Mary Ann Rodman.

It is set in 1943 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania against the backdrop of World War II and tells the story of eleven-year-old Ellie McKelvey, protagonist of this novel. Her older brother Jimmy, however, is drafted and she and her family struggle to keep up their hope for him.^[1]

"Packed with intimate details about life in America during World War II, this book will leave readers with a meaningful picture of what it was like to live through those very hard years."^[2]

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