Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.
The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian prisoner of war.
Pasha, a refuge who has been sent to live with his aunt in a charming seaside village, and Misha, the son of an influential family from the opposite camp. As war looms on the horizon, their friendship-precious yet fragile-is severely tested by rising nationalism and loyalty to their families and homeland. The story of two young boys forming an unlikely friendship during wartime, despite the opposing forces that surround them.
