Turtle Catcher

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Family secrets haunt a rural town.

The Turtle Catcher's unique feature lies in its historical context, weaving in the immigrant experiences during WWI in America. Readers who enjoy historical fiction and family dramas will appreciate this book. The dark secret that Liesel keeps adds to the suspense that will keep readers engaged until the very end.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Turtle Catcher

Regular price $9.90
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ISBN: 9780547248004
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $32.92
Authors: Nicole Helget
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date of Publication: 2010-04-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.53
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In the tumultuous days after World War I, Herman Richter returns from the front to find his only sister, Liesel, allied with Lester Sutter, the "slow" son of a rival clan who spends his days expertly trapping lake turtles. Liesel has sought Lester’s friendship in the wake of her parents’ deaths and in the shadow of her own dark secret. But what begins as yearning for something of a human touch quickly unwinds into a shocking, suspenseful tragedy that haunts the rural town of New Germany, Minnesota, for generations.Woven into this remarkable story are the intense, illuminating experiences of German immigrants in America during the war and the terrible choices they were forced to make in service of their new country or in honor of the old. The Turtle Catcher is a lyrical, vibrant, beautifully wrought look at a fascinating piece of American history—and the echoing dangers of family secrets.
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Family secrets haunt a rural town.

The Turtle Catcher's unique feature lies in its historical context, weaving in the immigrant experiences during WWI in America. Readers who enjoy historical fiction and family dramas will appreciate this book. The dark secret that Liesel keeps adds to the suspense that will keep readers engaged until the very end.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.