num_pages: 368
description: From the acclaimed author of If the Creek Dont Rise comes a Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees when the timeless troubles of growing up meet the murky shadows of World War II.Deep in the tobacco land of North Carolina nothing's the same since the boys shipped off to war and worry took their place. Thirteen-year-old Lucy Brown is curious and clever but she can't make sense of it all. Then Allie Bert Tucker comes to town an outcast with a complicated past and Lucy believes that together they can solve crimes. Just like her hero Nancy Drew.That chance comes when a man goes missing a woman stops speaking and an eccentric gives the girls a mystery that takes them beyond the ordinary. Their quiet town seasoned with honeybees and sweet tea becomes home to a Nazi prisoner-of-war campand more men go missing. The pair set out to answer the big question: do we ever really know who the enemy is?Lush with Southern atmosphere All The Little Hopes is the story of two girls growing up while war creeps closer blurring the difference between what's right what's wrong and what we know to be true
language: English
title: All the Little Hopes
publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark