War Happens In Your Heart

About the Book

A historical fiction novel for young readers likened to Number The Stars and acclaimed by national and international reviewers for strong, poignant characterization and plot. War Happens In Your Heart is the story of the tumultuous, community-changing friendship of a mid-western girl and a German Jewish Kindertransport survivor during the final six months of WWII.

About the Author

Frances Turney grew up in Michigan and lived many years in Alaska. She writes from her heart about what she knows and has learned through travel and research. Her poems and stories have been published in anthologies and in national magazines for adults and children. This is her first book. She lives now in the wooded hills of southern Oregon with her canine buddies, Pip and Percy.