The New Mexican:
The story is simple but engaging, as appealing for adults as it is for children. The portrayal of Santa Fe in the 1940\'s is reminiscent of Richard Bradford\'s Red Sky at Morning, with its entrancing mix of people and cultures that existed in the city before the advent of urban sprawl.
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Awards!
2011
2012 Gold Award Winner, Historical Fiction, Mom\'s Choice Awards®
2012 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards, Winner for Historical Fiction
2013 Nautilus Book Awards, Silver Award for Midgrade/Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-932926-18-7
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: October 2011
Price: $12.95
Pages: 212
In 1940, Beatrice Sims, a spoiled English girl arrives in Santa Fe to escape the war in London. At first the twelve-year-old hates the dusty little town. But soon Beatrice makes friends with goofy Arabella, develops a crush on handsome Esteban and aids Ana, a shy Indian girl. First accused of being faceta - stuck up, Beatrice learns to change tires, ride wild ponies and helps the public health nurse, Clementine Pope, rescue a sick baby on an Indian pueblo.
TRUE BRIT - Beatrice, 1940 was inspired by accounts of children who were sent to Santa Fe and elsewhere in the United States to escape the war in Europe. The book is the first of a series titled Far and Away, which features young people displaced and relocated between 1939 - 1945.
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Material copyright Artemesia Publishing and Kinkajou Press
Tumbleweeds Magazine:
True Brit - Beatrice: 1940 achieves what a historical novel should achieve. It informs and entertains and the two elements combine to make the learning lasting.
Bookpage ~ Angela Leeper:
What makes Rosemary Zibart\'s True Brit most engaging is the attention to detail, from descriptions of mud homes and piñon trees to "A-okay" American slang. Beatrice\'s journal entries add more insight into her evolution from a privileged girl to the beginnings of a modern woman. The first in a series, this fresh take on the era will continue with more stories about displaced children during World War II.
Midwest Book Review:
There is nothing more terrifying than having one\'s child in a warzone. True Brit: Beatrice, 1940 is a historical novel drawing from history of many British people who sent their children away to Santa Fe and other places in the United States for safety, to keep them from the vicious war that would be fought in the skies over London. Terrifying for the children and parents being faced with a whole new world and concern over the home the left behind, True Brit is a fine read for younger readers that is educational as it is entertaining.
Check out this video trailer of True Brit! Filmed on location at the Lamy train station where Beatrice first arrives in New Mexico!