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Stepping on the Cracks (Gordy Smith, Bk 1)
Stepping on the Cracks - Gordy Smith, Bk 1 Author:Mary Downing Hahn "Step on a crack, break Hitler's back!" A blue star hangs in Margaret's living room window. The star means her brother is fighting in the war Hitler started. There are stars in lots of windows in her town. The brother of Margaret's best friend, Elizabeth, is fighting in the war too. But neither girl is really worried. After... more » all, this is the good war and the Americans are the good guys. Their brothers will come home safe as soon as the good guys win. In the meantime, the girls wage their own war against the class bully, Gordy.
But then the girls stumble upon Gordy's secret. Suddently he doesn't seem like much of a bully anymore. But not only have their feelings toward Gordy changed; now they're also questioning the war. Is it such a good war after all? Is there really any such thing?« less