Middle Grade
4 books, newest first
Lifeboat 52024 · Historical
Based on a true story, Bess and Beth are evacuated from wartime London aboard the SS City of Benares, and when the ship is torpedoed they cling to a capsized lifeboat in the Atlantic for nineteen hours waiting for rescue.
Harboring Hope2023 · Nonfiction
The true story of Henny Sinding, a young Danish woman who helped smuggle hundreds of Jews to safety in Sweden aboard a lighthouse-service boat during World War II.
Alias Anna2022 · Nonfiction · with Greg Dawson
A true story in verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Jewish piano prodigy in Ukraine who survives the Holocaust by hiding her identity and talent.
Lifeboat 122018 · Historical
Golden Kite Award 2019ALSC Notable Children's Book 2019
In 1940, 13-year-old Ken Sparks is evacuated from wartime Britain on a ship bound for Canada. When a German torpedo sinks it, he ends up adrift with other survivors in a lifeboat. Based on a true story.