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Teenager Wendy is abducted by her mother—who secretly serves as a Nazi agent—and transported from Maine to wartime Berlin. Stranded in a hostile city, she relies on a faithful dog and the support of a family she never knew she had to navigate the dangers of war and resist the Nazi regime.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Joan Hiatt Harlow
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