The Center of the Earth

<p><strong>Powerful moving and well-written. -Greg Fields National Book Award nominated author of <em>The Bright Freight of Memory</em></strong></p><p></p><p>When Dahlia the courageous daughter of an Ecuadorian embassy official sees how Germany is changing as Adolf Hitler's reign takes hold she knows she must act.</p><p></p><p>Her best friend Werner and his family have been ostracized and endangered and she can't stand to see them suffer. With a new identity Werner hesitantly finds a new beginning as part of the Aviles family back in Ecuador.</p><p></p><p>He and Dahlia must balance the typical growing pains of youth with the distance in culture and geography for Werner.</p><p></p><p>Based on true accounts from Holocaust survivors THE CENTER OF THE EARTH gives a heartwarming yet heartwrenching firsthand look at what it means to be a family. </p>