Max's gang
Frank Baer
Five German children make their way home from Czechoslovakia across the war-torn countryside of 1945, enduring hardship and danger in the desperate hope of being reunited with their families in Berlin.
Read Time: ~2.4 hr
Hattie Marshall and the hurricane
by Debra West Smith (2000)
About this book
Thirteen-year-old Hattie asks for God's protection when she becomes trapped on a Louisiana island during a devastating hurricane in 1893.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreHattie Marshall and the hurricane Lead Character
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