Laura Elliott

When Hunter and Stripe, two raccoons who are best friends, play on opposing soccer teams, they must figure out a way to keep the competition on the field from spoiling their friendship.

World War II may be ending, but for nineteen-year old pilot Henry Forester the conflict still rages. Shot down behind enemy lines in France, Henry endured a dangerous trek to freedom, relying on the heroism of civilians and Resistance Fighters to stay alive. But back home in Virginia, Henry is still reliving air battles with Hitler's Luftwaffe and his torture by the Gestapo. Worrying about a French boy, Pierre, who had helped him and may have lost...

In 1941, after Hitler declares war on the United States, unleashing U-boat submarines to attack American ships, Louisa June, with the waves outside her house carrying dangerous enemies, must help her mother after her father and brother are caught in the crossfire.

In the days before the treacherous overnight raising of the Berlin Wall, teenaged cousins Drew, an American army brat in West Berlin, and Matthias, a young communist in East Berlin, become wary friends on opposite sides of the Cold War. Interspersed throughout the story are captioned photographs from the era.

"Two British brothers adjust to life in Virginia after escaping the Blitz during World War II"--