Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse
by Dana VanderLugt (Author)
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Booktalk: Inspired by the little-known history of POW labor camps in the United States, this verse novel is told in alternating first-person poems by two young people on opposite sides of the war.
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. Claire wants nothing to do with the enemies in the orchard, until she meets soft-spoken, hardworking Karl. Could she possibly have something in common with a German soldier?
Karl, meanwhile, grapples with his role in the war as he realizes how many lies Hitler’s regime has spread–and his complacency in not standing up against them. But his encounters with Claire give him hope that he can change and become the person he wants to be.
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