Shadows on the Sea

The United States is at war with Germany. Fourteen-year-old Jill Winter''s mother is traveling to Newfoundland to be with Jill''s sick uncle and must pass through the treacherous North Atlantic where German submarines -- U-boats -- stalk like wolves. Jill''s father, a famous pop singer, is on tour, so Jill is sent to Winter Haven, Maine, to stay with Nana.

Quarry, a local boy, says that "gossip ai...