Year of the Jungle
Illustrator
James Proimos
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Year
2013
ISBN
9780545425162
Pages
40 pages
Genre
autobiography
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
Suzy spends her year in first grade waiting for her father, who is serving in Vietnam, and when the postcards stop coming she worries that he will never make it home.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Military families; father in the military
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Booklist Editors Choice: Books for Youth, 2013
Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth, 2014
Bulletin Blue Ribbons, 2013
Choices, 2014
Lasting Connections, 2013
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book, 2013
Nevada Young Readers' Award, 2017
Nominee
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 2014, Honor
Christopher Award, 2014, Winner
Gryphon Award, 2014, Honor, Children (13-18)
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award, 2013, Platinum, Book
Keywords
children of military personnel; Vietnam; postcards; jungle; holidays; war
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Collins, Suzanne, "Year of the Jungle" (2013). Diverse Families. 1112.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1112