In 1944, when her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret changes her mind about the school bully, Gordy, after she discovers he is hiding his own brother, a deserter.
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- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
- Nebraska Golden Sower Book Award
- South Carolina Children's Book Award
- Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List
✭"The complex arguments for and against pacifism are woven into this involving
story of a girl's experiences on the home front during World War II."—School Library Journal, STARRED review
✭"The ever-popular World War II genre gains new depth in Hahn's painfully honest story about a sixth-grade girl in small-town Maryland who must decide whether or not to help a pacifist deserter."—ALA Booklist, STARRED review
"Suspenseful, carefully wrought, and thought-provoking—a fine achievement."—Kirkus Reviews
ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-547-07660-7 Paperback
ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-395-58507-8 Hardcover