{"id":16990,"date":"2023-10-09T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=16990"},"modified":"2023-10-13T20:27:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T02:27:06","slug":"hatties-war-by-peter-serko-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=16990","title":{"rendered":"Hattie’s War by Peter Serko"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A riveting, uplifting coming-of-age historical tale\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pain, memories, and the difficulty of letting go permeate Serko\u2019s heartening story about family, friendship, and finding self. At 14, Harriett \u201cHattie\u201d Alanson Howell has experienced major loss\u2014her closest sibling died, and her father, Hannibal, was killed in the Civil War shortly before she was born. Struggling with mental health issues, Hattie looks for answers on her own and begins to correspond with her Uncle Byron, her father\u2019s brother and the only war survivor in the family. Inspired by the author\u2019s family history (Hattie was his great-great-grandmother and Hannibal was his great-great-great-grandfather) and told in accessible, breezy prose, this novel explores Hattie\u2019s day-to-day struggles as she tries to fit in an unfamiliar surrounding while working on her artistic talent. The characterization is strong throughout as Hattie demonstrates growth. She proves to be a resilient and inspiring main character, and the ingenuity she displays in overcoming obstacles is compelling. At the same time, her struggles with the debilitating depression, a curse that runs in the family, ring entirely true, as does her inability to let go of her desire to unravel the questions surrounding her father\u2019s death. The secondary characters are well defined. Historical details about the war and the post-Civil War era add layers to the well-developed setting. There are plenty of kid-friendly resources here, along with historical photographs and personality-laden illustrations, all combining in a deeply compelling read. A gripping story about family, war, mourning, resilience, and self-discovery told with heart; a must-read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hattie\u2019s War <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Serko<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SageLand Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date August 14, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN \u200e 979-8218129514<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $12.99 (USD) Paperback, $8.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A riveting, uplifting coming-of-age historical tale\u2026 Pain, memories, and the difficulty of letting go permeate Serko\u2019s heartening story about family, friendship, and finding self. At 14, Harriett \u201cHattie\u201d Alanson Howell has experienced major loss\u2014her closest sibling died, and her father, Hannibal, was killed in the Civil War shortly before she was born. Struggling with mental health issues, Hattie looks for answers on her own and begins to correspond with her Uncle Byron, her father\u2019s brother […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[723769913],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,258082,110607,92732,1136176,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-16990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-historical-fiction","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-childrens-fiction","tag-coming-of-age","tag-historical-fiction","tag-indie-books","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-4q2","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16993,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16990\/revisions\/16993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}