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"Through My Daughter's Eyes is a long-overdue and much-needed look at what it means to come of age in a military family today. Tween and teen are never easy ages for kids, but when those years are spent amid the turbulence and separations inherent in a military family, the road can be particularly rocky. That's what facing middle-school student Abbie, who is wiser than most girls her age--and wiser than most of the adults in her topsy-turvy life as the only child in an Army family. She's equal parts Flavia de Luce and Harriet the Spy, because she needs to be. ""My best friend is another Army brat,"" she says. ""Megan and I had a plan to get through Dessau Middle School (Go Diamondbacks!) by being just good enough to not get noticed but not so good we'd draw attention. It worked--for a while."" The plan gets muddled when her father is deployed to a combat zone--again--and her mother falls apart. That leaves Abbie in charge of her own life at an age when that burden is both unexpected and heavy to bear. When her Dad returns, he's changed, and not for the better. Abbie now has a bigger and more confusing set of problems. How she copes, how she manages to modify her life and deal with the suffering of those she loves is a fascinating story and a tribute to the spirit many claim has been bleached out of American kids."

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Julia Dye does an amazing job in capturing the courage and sacrifice family members face during military deployments. This unique, authentic, and poignant perspective should be mandatory reading so we can fully understand the price our warrior class and their family members quietly pay. Richard Rierson, Dose of Leadership In matters of military fiction, Julia Dye has approached her target and captured the pain and loss evolving from combat in a unique and endearing manner--through the eyes of a child. Abbie, the protagonist, is a young girl transitioning from grade school to junior high--but oh so, so much an old soul. Her brave heart will surely move the reader (as she did me) to tears, laughter, and ultimately to love and understanding. Tom Berenger

Julia Dye does an amazing job in capturing the courage and sacrifice family members face during military deployments. This unique, authentic, and poignant perspective should be mandatory reading so we can fully understand the price our warrior class and their family members quietly pay. Richard Rierson, Dose of Leadership In matters of military fiction, Julia Dye has approached her target and captured the pain and loss evolving from combat in a unique and endearing manner--through the eyes of a child. Abbie, the protagonist, is a young girl transitioning from grade school to junior high--but oh so, so much an old soul. Her brave heart will surely move the reader (as she did me) to tears, laughter, and ultimately to love and understanding. Tom Berenger

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Julia Dye tells stories because she loves to entertain and see a certain secret smile from her readers when she strikes a chord. She's spun stories of one kind or another since her childhood in Milwaukee, through college, and into a successful career in show business and publishing. Julia writes about everything that interests her, but she has an affinity for stories with a military flavor. Her Dad was a bomber pilot during World War II, and she married a Marine. She's won a Gold Medal from the Military Writers Society of America. Her tales ring true-which is a very cool thing for any author to claim. She currently lives between Los Angeles, close to the entertainment business, and Lockhart, Texas, close to her heart.

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