We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for LOVELY WAR … then take off on your own:ġ. romantic yet unflinching look at teenagers coming of age during World War I. Berry’s superb research and attention to detail are perfectly suited to the layers of this story of love in wartime…. ( Starred review) Julie Berry a modern master of historical fiction for young readers…. An unforgettable romance so Olympian in scope, human at its core, and lyrical in its prose that it must be divinely inspired. ( Starred review) Scheherazade has nothing on Berry…. Happily for us, that ambition so often results in great success. ( Starred review) Proves again that Berry is one of our most ambitious writers.

( Starred review) Readers will be swept away by Berry’s lyrical prose.īerry’s accomplished talent for developing all elements of plot-character, tone, and mood-in addition to her fresh writing style makes this title a compelling page turner. Along the way, it suggests that while war and its devastation cycles through history, the forces of art and love remain steady, eternal, and life-sustaining.

( Starred review) Berry’s evocative novel… gains steam as the stories flesh out. The novel you'll want to steal from your teen's night stand.… Though Lovely War is being marketed to teens, adults looking for a memorable, well-told tale should not be shy about delving in, too. Leavened by wit and informed by history, Lovely War is a romantic and inventive story from its dramatic start to its laughter- and tear-spangled ending.

virtuoso historical fantasy.… When the hurly-burly's done, and the battle's lost and won, does Love conquer War? The answer is never in doubt, but it's a pleasure to have it confirmed by a celestially inspired storyteller. She lives in Southern California with her family. She holds a BS from Rensselaer in communication and an MFA from Vermont College. Julie Berry is the author of the 2017 Printz Honor and Los Angeles Times Book Prize shortlisted novel The Passion of Dolssa, the Carnegie and Edgar shortlisted All the Truth That's in Me, and many other acclaimed middle-grade novels and picture books. It is a tale filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it's no match for the transcendent power of Love. Their story is told by the goddess Aphrodite, who must spin the tale or face judgment on Mount Olympus Army…Ī Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette.Ī British would-be architect turned soldier…Ī Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S.

The lovely war by julie berry