# Lovely War

**Author:** Julie Berry
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**First published:** 2019
**Page count:** 482
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9780698157484`
**ISBN-10:** `0698157486`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/lovely-war
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Perfect for fans of Divine Rivals, a critically acclaimed, multi-layered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods hold the fates--and the hearts--of four mortals in their hands. "Pick an adjective—sweeping, sprawling, epic, Olympian—and yet none quite conveys the emotional width and depth of Julie Berry’s brilliant novel."—The Washington Post They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite, who must spin the tale or face judgment on Mount Olympus, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and 

## Where this book is assigned

### Golden Kite Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2020 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2020 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2020 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2020 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)

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