City of Women Rhode Island Children’s Book Award (2015) is as much about military

is as much about military conquest as spiritual teaching

starred review) novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving

but he has a dark secret

and navigating one's role as a woman and leader can be a challenging task

Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others

City of Women Rhode Island Children’s Book Award (2015) is as much about militaryIn the very darkest hour, who do you trust, who do you love, and who can be saved? It is 1943 the height of the Second World War. With the men taken by the army, Berlin has become a city of women. And while her husband fights on the Eastern Front, Sigrid Schroder is, for all intents and purposes, the model soldier's wife: she goes to work every day, does as much with her rations as she can, and dutifully cares for her meddling mother in law. But