Books with author Paula Torres-Berry

Norma Halvin, a just turned eighteen-year-old does not like change. Like it or not, the start of World War II will profoundly affect Norma and her entire family. Her twin brother's John and Jerry enroll in the Army right away. Everyone in her town, Pontelray, Michigan wants to do their part, including Norma. Mrs. Waters, her mother's best friend has offered Norma a riveting job at the bomber plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Norma has been protected all her life from every danger, every scrape and bump. She almost turns the job down until her parents begin talking about her, in front of her as if she was not even there. They were going to move to Arizona so her father would have better air to breathe to help his asthma. As they discuss whether or not to take her with them, Norma finds her voice and her courage. She will take that job to do her part to help America win the war. Along the way, she discovers she is a heroine. Arriving at work early one morning, Norma bolts out of the car and runs to a burning shack to help save a sleeping family inside it. Norma's new job introduces her to Betty, her new best friend and riveting partner. Betty, who has raised herself from the age of fifteen, has big plans of becoming a motion picture actress. She plans to move to Hollywood California and she wants Norma to go with her.