Gingersnap
About this book
When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action in 1944, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes.
Subjects
HistoryBrothers and sistersOrphansCookingFamily lifeFictionWorld War, 1939-1945GhostsJUVENILE FICTION / Historical / GeneralMissing in actionGhost storiesFamiliesJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionBrothers and sisters, fictionFamily life, fictionOrphans, fictionBrooklyn (new york, n.y.), fictionWorld war, 1939-1945, fictionCooking, fictionGhosts, fiction