Caught in the Middle

Written by Carolyn Ziesset
Red Wheat Publishing
Ages 9-13 

Caught in the Middle follows Alice Janzen, a twelve-year-old Mennonite girl living in Oklahoma during World War I. Alice finds herself caught between childhood and adulthood, home and the outside world, traditional and changing roles for women, and the tension between wartime patriotism and her community’s peace-church beliefs.