As World War II draws to an end, Russian soldiers occupy Schwartz, Germany, bringing both friendship and hardship to the family of ten-year-old Fritz, whose grandfather was a Nazi sympathizer, eventually forcing them to leave their farm, then arresting Fritz’s mother and her hired hand.

• ISBN: 9781590787014
• Author: Schröder, Monika
• Published: 2009 , Front Street
• Themes: Family life, Farm life, Holocaust, Prisoners, World War II
• Descriptors: Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
• No. of pages: 168