Hope at Dawn by Stacy HenrieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hope at Dawn is a historical fiction set in Iowa in 1918, during World War I where in certain areas it was very nearly seen as a crime to be of German descent. A foreign language law had been passed by the governor and it was illegal for anyone to speak anything other than English in public. There were Liberty Bond drives that people were forced to buy by overzealous neighbors to prove that they were not affiliated with the kaiser, or risk being tarred and feathered, have their home and business painted yellow to signify to others that this person was German and couldn't be trusted.
Friedrick and Olivia come from two different worlds, he is the son of German immigrants, she is the school teacher daughter of a farming family with "not so suspect" ethnicity. Hope at Dawn tells the story of how they learn to fight racism for the sake of love.
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