num_pages: 182
description: Fearing the worse and hoping for the best while her father is overseas, Madeline gets a harsh taste of reality when she spots a German U-boat off the coast of her small beach town. 150,000 first printing.
language: English
title: My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941
titlecomplete: My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (Dear America)
genres: War, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, World War II, Diary, Historical, Childrens, Juvenile, Fiction
ratings_count: 4220
places: Long Island, New York
series: Dear America
publisher: Scholastic Inc.