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: ~2.7 hr
The ghosts of Glencoe
by (by) Mollie Hunter (1976)
About this book
Caught up in the struggle between Highland clansmen and the King's soldiers in seventeenth-century Scotland, a young officer gives an account of the Massacre of Glencoe during which he chooses between protecting his own life and career or saving the lives of five hundred people.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe ghosts of Glencoe Lead Character
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