Stepping on the Cracks

Authors: Hahn, Mary Downing
Topics: World War II, Family & Siblings
Lexile: 780,
Publisher: HMH Books
ISBN: 9780547531946,
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 163,
Synopsis:
In 1944, when her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret changes her mind about the school bully, Gordy, after she discovers he is hiding his own brother, a deserter.
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