Rosemary Zibart

In 1942 British-born teen Beatrice Sims joins an archaeological dig in New Mexico with five American Girl Scouts from all over the country. Eager to fit in, Bea is snubbed by the other teenage girls and accused of stealing a precious artifact. When a dangerous storm threatens the camp, Bea pitches in to save a girl's life and learns the truth about the theft. BEATRICE AND THE DIRTY DIGGERS is the third book in the popular Far and Away Series about the adventures of young people dislocated during WWII.

I Have a Grandma Who…celebrates today’s bold, active grandmothers as they share what they enjoy doing (hiking, biking, cooking, gardening, reading, etc.) with those they most cherish—their grandchildren.

Having fled the dreadful blitz in London and landed in sunny Santa Fe, New Mexico, Beatrice Agatha Sims has learned to appreciate a radically different culture and landscape. Her world is rocked again with news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. First, she must contend with losing her American host, the sensible Clem - a public health nurse called to Washington to train other nurses. Then the 13-year-old girl must draw on her own experience of being a stranger in a strange land to battle local fears and prejudice when a Japanese Internment Camp is constructed on the edge of town. Will Beatrice have the gumption required to face the challenges the war is bringing to everyone? A stand-alone novel and sequel to the very popular, award-winning True Brit about an English girl fleeing the Blitz and landing in America, based on true accounts.

Escaping Nazi-controlled Germany in 1939, Werner struggles to create a new life in New York City. At least Werner had a goal - get a foothold in America; a place to live, a home. Then Father had promised that he and Werner's little sister would follow. This dimly burning ember of hope lit the boy's path. Along the way Werner meets a charming, mischievous fellow refugee named Anika, uses his fists with neighborhood bullies and makes a friend, Sam, while caring for his new Mutti, Esther. In Werner's struggle to find a safe home in the U. S. A., he travels across the city from Second Avenue to Central Park to Harlem and back again. Forced Journey: the Saga of Werner Berlinger was inspired by true accounts of children who fled Nazi-held Europe and came to America.