Kent, Trilby

Corlie Roux's lives with her family on a farm in the harsh climate of South Africa, but after her father dies, Corlie is left with her mother, who is as cruel to her as she is kind to Corlie's brothers, and the British have begun their invasion to remove families like hers from the Transvaal and Corlie will come to rely on inner strength and an unexpected alliance with a Canadian soldier while she is stuck in an internment camp.

Fourteen-year-old Anneli, confused by her father's decision to leave their Mennonite community in Brazil, change their names, and try to locate her mother who disappeared when she was five, feels isolated in the big city of Toronto, and, as she tries to figure out the unspoken codes of high school, she searches for her mom and answers.

Corlie Roux's lives with her family on a farm in the harsh climate of South Africa, but after her father dies, Corlie is left with her mother, who is as cruel to her as she is kind to Corlie's brothers, and the British have begun their invasion to remove families like hers from the Transvaal and Corlie will come to rely on inner strength and an unexpected alliance with a Canadian soldier while she is stuck in an internment camp.

In 1935 London eleven-year-old Dominic is confused about his family's troubles and stops speaking. Then he spends the summer on the coast with his Uncle Roo and becomes friends with a one-legged Gypsy girl. When the summer holiday is threatened by an uprising against a band of Travelers, Dominic finds his voice and speaks against injustice.