Lasky entwines some of the real characters of the day with her fictional figures. Kat soon joins her mother sewing banners and bringing hot bricks for warmth on the picket line. Her physician father is quietly supportive of his wife's activism in the movement, while his brother-in-law, Alma's father, demeans it and forbids the women in his family to participate in any way. As the early days of 1917 pass, Kat becomes increasingly aware of the political issues that are prevalent, particularly the inevitable involvement of the U.S. A typical 13-year-old from a well-to-do family, she expresses her dreams and hopes as she recounts her thoughts on school, homework, relationships, parties, and her special bond with her cousin Alma. Grade 4-6-Kat Bowen records her days in Washington, DC, in a diary from her mother.
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