A Way Through The Sea
Robert Elmer
In 1943, when the Germans plan to send all Danish Jews to prison camps, Peter and Elise, eleven-year-old twins, face danger trying to help their Jewish friend Henrik escape to Sweden.
Read Time: ~2.1 hr
Dangerous ride across Humboldt Flats
by Stephen Bly (2003)
About this book
Wandering aimlessly on the dangerous high desert of Nevada Territory in 1860, a fourteen-year-old orphan boy finds shelter, food, and a Christian family at the Pony Express station run by the Lovelocks.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreDangerous ride across Humboldt Flats Lead Character
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