num_pages: 256
description: The War At HomeFear permeates the Rhode Island coastal town where Robert, his mother, and sister are living out the war with his paternal Fear of Nazi submarines offshore. Fear of Abel Hoffman, a German artist living reclusively outside of town. And for Robert, a more personal fear, of his hot-tempered, controlling grandfather.As Robert watches the townspeople's hostility toward Hoffman build, he worries about his sensitive cousin Elliot's friendship with the artist. And he wonders more and more about the family secret everyone seems to be keeping from him—a secret involving Robert's father, a bomber pilot in Europe. Will Elliot's ability to detach himself from the turmoil around him be enough to sustain him when prejudice and suspicions erupt into violence? And can Robert find his own way to deal with the shocking truth about his family's past?
language: English
title: The Art of Keeping Cool
titlecomplete: The Art of Keeping Cool
genres: Family, Fiction, World War II, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, War, Historical Fiction, Art, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 880
places: Rhode Island
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Scott O'Dell Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers