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Henry Richards lives with his mother in Londonderry, England. It is 1940, and his father is away at war. On December 24th, the day before Christmas, he is walking to town with his mother when a scary situation brings him into contact with a primary school, its teachers, and its students. Henry will turn out to be the older boy in the class for the next eighteen hours. What can a fourteen-year-old boy do to help turn a scary Christmas Eve into a very happy Christmas morning?Please spend a special and unusual Christmas Eve with us in a classroom in Londonderry, England. Will Santa make it there in time for Christmas morning? Who will be the hero of this story? Come on this World War II adventure with us! Bring some hot chocolate!

Pirmasens, their hometown in Germany, was one of the first cities that required the citizens to evacuate as the town was located in close proximity to the French border. The adventures started with the first evacuation from Pirmasens. The evacuees were required to report to the local train station and taken to a safe city by train. During the evacuations, the family was often attacked by machine gun fire from the vertical dive bombers known as Stucka's.Among other adventures, they found bones of an aborted baby in the woods after they had evacuated their hometown. Going for days without food was not uncommon. They became very creative about obtaining food, clothing, and other necessities which were in rare supply. Pauline recalls the postwar time in 1945 when the Americans came into town to take control. Hitler portrayed the enemy as dark, hunched-over creatures. Posters were hung throughout every city, depicting the enemy. Surprisingly enough, Inge met the first time an American who was tall and handsome, nothing like the creature she expected to see. That was also the first time she ever tasted chewing gum. Chewing gum was the treat the American soldiers handed to the German children during the first encounter. Soon thereafter, the family received care packages from American citizens with food, toys, and clothing. The postwar years were plagued with people starving. At least, shortly after the war, August was able to return home to his family. Together, August and Pauline were able to assure the family that the war was over and now begins the journey of becoming valued members of the German society.