True Brit - Beatrice, 1940
Author: Rosemary Zibart

Illustrator: George Lawrence
ISBN: 978-1-932926-18-7
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: October 2011
Price: $12.95
Pages: 212

In 1940, Beatrice Sims, a spoiled English girl arrives in Santa Fe to escape the war in London. At first the twelve-year-old hates the dusty little town. But soon Beatrice makes friends with goofy Arabella, develops a crush on handsome Esteban and aids Ana, a shy Indian girl. First accused of being faceta - stuck up, Beatrice learns to change tires, ride wild ponies and helps the public health nurse, Clementine Pope, rescue a sick baby on an Indian pueblo.

TRUE BRIT - Beatrice, 1940 was inspired by accounts of children who were sent to Santa Fe and elsewhere in the United States to escape the war in Europe. The book is the first of a series titled Far and Away, which features young people displaced and relocated between 1939 - 1945. The second book in the Far and Away series is tentatively titled Forced Journey - Werner, 1939. This story features the struggles of a young Jewish boy from Germany who is sent to live with a distant relative in New York City. Other books in the series will feature young adults in Britain, Germany, the United States, and a return visit to Beatrice in Santa Fe, as they deal with their lives changed by World War II.

Read the first chapter.