If your parent is deployed and you are that young, you spend the whole…

Suzanne Collins
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If your parent is deployed and you are that young, you spend the whole time wondering where they are and waiting for them to come home. As time passes and the absence is longer and longer, you become more and more concerned - but you don't really have the words to express your concern. There's only this continued absence. ✨ Suzanne Collins's War Stories for Kids. Interview with Susan Dominus, www.nytimes.com. April 8, 2011.
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