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A Flag in the Window

A Flag in the Window


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A Flag in the Window, a 2014-15 Mamie Eisenhower Library Project Selection and a 2013 finalist in the San Diego Book Awards for Children's Fiction, is an authentic depiction of the American homefront during World War II.

Many, if not most, examples of contemporary children's literature are imbued with postmodern sensibilities, regardless of the book's settings. My purpose was to accurately portray the spirit of 1940s America, not in a sugar-coated, sanitized ideal, but as it really was. The essence of an authentic children's historical novel, to my mind, is a story devoid of political and/or social revisions.

I worked diligently to make sure that every historical fact in my work of fiction is accurate, and I was also meticulous in portraying the ideas and attitudes espoused in those days, along with the language the public used to convey those ideas.

A Flag in the Window depicts a year in the life of a twelve-year-old boy living in Pasadena, California, during World War II. Billy Roarke is a student of the war who yearns for his father, a paratrooper stationed in England. This yearning leads to upheaval, and ultimately transformation, in the young boy's life.

This book is about redemption, and the dramatic twists and turns the story takes to arrive at that redemption make A Flag in the Window entertaining and compelling, and a fine addition to American homefront literature.



About the Author :

Brian Karadashian teaches elementary school in the Rancho Bernardo community of San Diego. He received a B.A. from San Diego State University in 1983 and an M.A. from Stanford University in 1990. He has had articles published in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and the Dallas Times Herald. He has two grown stepchildren, Erik and Samantha, and lives with his wife, Marcia, in Escondido, California. A Flag in the Window is his first novel and was a finalist for the 2013 San Diego Book Awards for Children's Fiction, along with being a Mamie Eisenhower Library Project Selection in 2014-2015.



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2014-15 Mamie Eisenhower Library Project Selection
2013 finalist in the San Diego Book Awards for Children's Fiction


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798350980974
  • Publisher: Bookbaby
  • Publisher Imprint: Bookbaby
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 139 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8350980974
  • Publisher Date: 04 May 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y


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