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 Doing her bit : a story about the Woman's Land Army of America
 Author: Hagar, Erin

 Publisher:  Charlesbridge (2016)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: [32] p., col. ill., 22 x 28 cm.

 BTSB No: 410095 ISBN: 9781580896467
 Ages: 6-9 Grades: 1-4

 Subjects:
 Woman's Land Army of America -- Fiction
 World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Fiction
 World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Fiction
 Agricultural laborers -- Fiction
 Farm life -- New York (State) -- History -- Fiction
 New York (State) -- History -- Fiction

Price: $6.50

Summary:
Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917--so she joins the Woman's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.

 Illustrator: Hill, Jen
Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: LG
   Reading Level: 3.90
   Points: .5   Quiz: 183246
Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 3-5
   Reading Level: 3.40
   Points: 3.0   Quiz: 69297

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (07/15/16)
   Booklist (10/01/16)
 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/11/16)

Full Text Reviews:

Booklist - 10/01/2016 In 1917, war is raging. With men serving the battlefields, farms are desperate for workers. Helen Stevens, a New York City college girl, has no experience pitching hay or milking cows, but she’s eager to support the war effort. A poster for the Woman’s Land Army grabs Helen’s adventurous spirit, and going against her family’s wishes, she heads north to the Women’s Agricultural Camp in Bedford, New York. After much training, Helen and her compatriots are ready to work, but no one wants to hire white women for field labor. The camp director eventually lines up a farmer, but Helen and the girls have to work doubly hard to convince him of their capabilities. Hagar’s engaging narrative based on a real-life member of the 1917 Woman’s Land Army captures the can-do spirit of the program’s participants. Hill alternates bright and muted earth tones to depict differences between city life and work in the fields. End panels display vintage advertisements attracting “farmettes,” and further resources close out the volume. - Copyright 2016 Booklist.

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