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It’s 1942.  America has just entered World War II, and Charlotte Campbell’s brother Jim has gone to fight.  Twelve-year-old Charlotte wants to help the war effort too, so she and her classmates start a scrap metal drive.

When all the metal is stolen, Charlotte is furious.  Her determination to catch the thief leads her out on the rain-swollen river at night.  There she discovers evidence she doesn’t want to find—and there she faces the fear that haunts her.

“An engaging and very believable whodunit, this novel should spark an understanding for kids of the hard times during World War II, and easily could be added to a grownup’s historical mystery shelf.”  Pittsburgh Magazine

 

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