num_pages: 208
description: In a diary that brings to life the dramatic happenings on the home front during World War II, Madeline Beck is living in a boardinghouse with her mother while her father is on an aircraft carrier guarding the Pacific Coast. After discovering that a German U-boat has landed near her home—a little-known, true incident on Long Island—she and her classmates form "Kids Fight for Freedom" and participate in the home front war effort.
language: English
title: My Secret War
titlecomplete: My Secret War (Dear America)
genres: Middle Grade, Historical, Young Adult, Childrens, World War II, War, Diary, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Juvenile
ratings_count: 4221
places: Long Island, New York
series: Dear America
publisher: Scholastic