Shadow on the mountain
Margi Preus
In Nazi-occupied Norway, fourteen-year-old Espen joins the resistance movement, graduating from deliverer of illegal newspapers to courier and spy.
Read Time: ~3.9 hr
The Feester filibuster
by Molly Levite Griffis (2002)
About this book
The war declared by President Roosevelt after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, seems remote to fifth-grader John Allan until he finds out that his classmate Rachel thinks he is a spy for the Japanese and wants him deported to another country.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe Feester filibuster Lead Character
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