A Year of Borrowed Men

by Michelle Barker

Book Overview

The true story of one family choosing kindness in a time of war and fear

When World War II "borrows" the men in seven-year-old Gerda's family, the German government sends them three new men in return: Gabriel, Fermaine, and Albert, French prisoners of war who must sleep in an outbuilding and work the farm until the war is over. Gerda knows they are supposed to treat the men as enemies, but it doesn't seem fair. Can't they invite them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927485835
• ISBN13: 9781927485835
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Pajama Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7