Publisher’s Summary Based on a true story, this gripping WWII novel captures the resilience, hope, and courage of a Dutch family who is separated during the war when the Japanese occupy the Dutch East Indies. Java Island, 1941Six-year-old Rita Vischer cowers in her family’s dug-out bomb shelter, listening to the sirens and waiting for a…
A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice Summary Shortly after midnight on April 15, 1912, a distress signal from the RMS Titanic, awakens the captain of the ship Carpathia. The Titanic has struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage and is in grave distress. Though information is scarce, Captain Rostron leaps into action, determined to…
The Slow March of Light Summary Post-World War II Germany has been split in two. Not only has the entire country been divided between the Soviet Union and the Western European allies, its capital city of Berlin is also divided, and governed by the two factions. In the summer of 1961, a wall of barbed…
Synopsis Based on true events, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore is a powerful story about a largely unknown chapter in history and the women who emerged as heroes. In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco is a booming city with a dark side, one in which a powerful underground organization—the criminal…