num_pages: 375
description: Rusty Dickinson was sent to the United States from England at the age of seven in 1940 to survive the war. When she returns in 1945, she finds a country and a family she neither understands nor likes, and vice versa.
language: English
title: Back Home
titlecomplete: Back Home
genres: British Literature, Historical, World War II, Childrens, Young Adult, War, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Boarding School, Fiction
ratings_count: 2480
places: Devon, England, England
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers
publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books