Enemies in the Orchard by Dana VanderLugt Hardback Book 9780310155775

Set against the backdrop of WWII this achingly beautiful novel in verse for 912 year olds based on American history presents the perspectives of Claire a Midwestern girl who longs to finish high school and become a nurse as she worries for her soldier brother and Karl a German POW whos processing the war as he works on Claires family farm