Eddie's War is a lyrical collection of vignettes linking Eddie, his family, and a small-town cast of Ellisvillians. Poignant and funny, this World War II story tells how a distant war affects the life of one boy in the Heartland.
Carol Fisher Saller grew up not far from Ellisville in the bigger city of Peoria. She lives in Chicago, where she is a contributing editor to The Chicago Manual of Style. Honors for Eddie's War include Bankstreet Best Books of the Year, Kirkus Best Books, Horn Book Recommended Verse Narratives, and Chicago Public Library's Best Teen Fiction.
