Susan Shillinglaw Books

Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they ll find a place of their own and live the American dream. But dreams come at a price. Gentle giant Lennie doesn t know his own strength, and when they find work at a ranch he gets into trouble with the boss s daughter-in-law. Trouble so bad that even his protector George may not be able to save him . . .

This compelling, moving and dignified novel was inspired by, and based upon, the Nazi invasion of neutral Norway. Set in an imaginary European country, is shows what happens when a ruthless totalitarian power is up against an occupied democracy with an overwhelming desire to be free.