The Romeo and Juliet Code (Paperback)

from Bduke

There are some things I really liked about this book, and other things that really bugged me. I liked the setting and the idea of a British girl coming to live with her American relatives during WWII. The characters were intriguing, but I had a hard time liking most of them. The main character, w...

from scote23

I liked this book. The cover is incredibly misleading. Does it look like a WWII era book to you?

from fablibrarian

Eleven year old, Felicity Bathborn Budwig, finds herself in the Maine home of relatives she's never met far from the London home and parents she's always known, in the months just before the United States enters World War II. Shy, yet curious, she neverously enters a house filled with a strange s...

from Karen_D

Felicity, or "Flissy" (as her relatives dub her early in the book because everyone in the family has a nickname) is arriving in Maine to stay with relatives because of the bombings in London. She feels alone and isolated because she does not want to be there. She meets Captain Derek (another nick...

from alaskabookworm

Don't be discouraged from reading this book by its cover, which makes it look like a contemporary teen romance. It's not. In fact, it is historical fiction set in coastal Maine in 1941, and introduces a loveable cast of characters, several mysteries, and a whole lot of heart. Recommended.