Beneath the Canopy - Paperback

by Lynda Riggers (Author)

Inspired by real events and survivor memories

WWII. Nazi-occupied Netherlands. Two kids. One war.

Johanna runs for her life. As bombs fall and gunfire echoes, an air raid tears her world apart and when the smoke clears, her baby sister is gone. Fleeing with her pregnant mother, Johanna now faces hunger, fear, and a winter that will strip away childhood, test her strength, and end months later with her in the same clothes.

Orphaned by war, Rein steals from a Nazi bakery, runs with friends whose loyalties are shifting, and hides the fact that his brother is in the Resistance. When a German soldier spares his life, Rein is left questioning everything-especially how to stay good in a world gone wrong.

A chance meeting. A shared loaf of bread. And Johanna and Rein's friendship becomes their greatest act of defiance.