Phantoms In The Snow

The year is 1944, and fifteen-year-old Noah Garrett's parents have died of smallpox. Without any other family nearby, Noah is sent to live with his uncle, whom he's never met, in Camp Hale, Colorado. There is one small problem with this decision: Noah has been raised a pacifist, and Camp Hale is a U.S. military base for a little-known division of winter warfare soldiers called the Phantoms. Can a boy who's never seen snow and doesn't believe in war survive among these soldiers?Noah's struggle to resolve his upbringing with the horrors of World War II into a way of life he can believe in takes him from the training base in Colorado to Camp Swift in Texas, and ultimately to the Alps of Italy and into a battle in which the Phantoms turn the tide of war against the Germans. Based on historical events, the story of Noah and the Phantoms of the Tenth Mountain Division is one of courage and conviction, brotherhood, and the joy in living.

Kathleen Benner Duble Kathleen Benner Duble is a critically acclaimed and award-winning author of many historical novels for children. Her books include THE SACRIFICE, BRAVE ZULU, SAMANTHA!, HEARTS OF IRON, and QUEST. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and their two daughters.