Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse VanderLugt Dana
Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse VanderLugt Dana Set against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on American history presents the dual…
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Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse VanderLugt Dana
Set against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on American history presents the dual perspectives of Claire, a Midwestern girl who longs to enter high school and become a nurse even as she worries for her soldier brother, and Karl, a German POW who's processing the war as he works on Claire's family farm. Claire wants nothing to do with the enemies in the orchard, until she meets soft-spoken, hardworking Karl. This poignant and moving story of an unlikely connection will stay with readers long after the final page.It's October 1944, and while Claire's older brother, Danny, is off fighting in World War II, her dad hires a group of German POWs to help with the apple harvest on their farm.
Could she possibly have something in common with a German soldier?Karl, meanwhile, grapples with his role in the war as he