Books with title Tree of Freedom

A Newbery Honor Book: During the Revolutionary War, a courageous pioneer girl fights for freedom When thirteen-year-old Stephanie Venable moves with her family from North Carolina to a four-hundred-acre homestead in Kentucky, she knows they’re in for a great adventure. The family sells whatever belongings they can’t fit in their covered wagon, and begin the long journey west. But Stephanie has brought something special with her, an apple seed from their tree back home, just as her grandmother did when she moved from France to America. In Kentucky, the Venables must fell trees, build a cabin, and prepare the land for crops. Being a pioneer is a lot of work, but it’s also very exciting: Stephanie and her family must grow, catch, or hunt everything they need to eat and survive. With the Revolutionary War also moving west, the family faces threats from British sympathizers and American rebels. Will freedom take root in America, like Stephanie’s young apple tree, or will the Venable family succumb to the hardships of frontier life?

Dov Zalinski has achieved his goal of broadcasting from Old City Jerusalem, only to find himself trapped in the siege of the Jewish Quarter. Escalating Arab attacks rock the home where he has taken temporary refuge and leave a dozen orphans displaced and alone. With war just days away, the Jewish Quarter is no longer a safe place for anyone, let alone children. Caught in circumstances beyond his control, Dov comes up with a daring plan for their escape. Can he trust God to help them find freedom?Emily Parkinson’s journey home to England taken an unexpected twist when her ship docks at Cyprus for emergency repairs. Knowing Dov’s father spent his final days in the island’s detainment camps for illegal Jews, Emily sees the detour as her chance to search for Dov’s missing mother—if Emily can just find a way into the camps. Could Leah Zalinski still be alive? Emily will stop at nothing to learn the truth….

The Freedom Tree is a novel for Young Adults set in the Spanish Civil War. The year is 1936. The rise of fascism has plunged Spain into savage conflict. Ever since his father died fighting for the Republicans in Spain, Will has felt drawn to their cause; but when he tries to join up as a volunteer in the International Brigade he is told he is too young.So Will travels to London where he meets a group of young men committed to the Republican cause. Together they embark on a perilous journey through France in a van they call Pegasus, carrying smuggled guns and ammunition. They narrowly escape the clutches of the French authorities and finally reach the Spanish border.Will and his comrades are soon in combat, first in the freezing, rat-infested trenches of the Aragon front, then in defence of supply routes vital to the failing Republican cause at Jarama. Will meets Molly, a volunteer nurse. They are captured by Moroccan troops serving under General Franco. Together they seize a chance to escape north, reaching Guernica, a small market town as yet untouched by war. Yet Guernica’s symbolic significance is far greater than its physical size, for it is the home of the Freedom Tree, a sacred oak under whose branches the liberties of the people of the Basque country are sworn and reaffirmed. It is market day, April 1937. The townsfolk are going about their quiet business as usual…until there comes the sound of approaching aircraft: German Heinkel-51s, followed by Junker-52s, fighter planes and bombers, about to launch history’s first blitzkrieg on a defenceless population.