Operation Oleander
By: Valerie O. Patterson
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780547244372
Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying; Afghan War, 2001-; JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Patriotic Holidays; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes; Fiction; Clubs; Bombings; Soldiers; Orphanages; JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle East; Charity; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Adoption; History
Description: Seventh-grader Jess and her friends establish the Order of the Oleander to collect supplies for an orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, where two of their parents are deployed, but when disaster strikes and many blame the Order, Jess must find a way to go on.