If you love the books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, you will love this Historical Adventure Fiction about children, adventures and tomfoolery. The year is 1943 and the world is at war. Howard County is losing men as they go to fight in foreign lands. German prisoners of war arrive in Southwest Arkansas to work on peach orchards. Two white children, Tetch, ten years old and his sister, Esther Louise, six, live on the north side of Messer Creek. Their best friend is Jesse, an eight-year-old Black boy, who lives on the south side of Messer Creek. The three innocent country children have their peaceful summer turned upside down when a German POW named Matthais walks off the work detail on Murray Peach Orchard, stumbles upon Messer Creek’s low-water crossing and enters their lives. The children consider him their friend, but the rest of the world considers him a Nazi. What happens after the children are discovered hiding a Nazi? How do neighbors and friends react? What happens when the FBI and United States Children’s Bureau get involved? Will Tetch, Esther Louise and Jesse lose their innocent life on Messer Creek for good