num_pages: 220
description: When war breaks out between the United States and Great Britain in 1812, eleven-year-old Susanna chronicles her experiences when her father and brother go off to fight leaving the women to fend for themselves on the family farm on the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada.
language: English
title: Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt
titlecomplete: Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt (Dear Canada)
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Canada, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Diary, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 944
places: Upper Canada
series: Dear Canada
publisher: Scholastic Canada