Prejudice in any way, shape or form is wrong and writing about it even in fiction is not an easy task for an author. Yet, author Stacy Henrie tackled it with admirable sensitivity and thoughtfulness in “Hope at Dawn 
Set in I918 in Iowa, a time when there was tension against German-Americans because of World War I which was being fought in Europe, Livy Campbell finds herself the school teacher for German-American children.
The situation was already tenuous for Livy not being one of them and her replacing a beloved German-American teacher. Add the budding romance between Livy and Frederic Wagner, a respected young man in the German-American community; the situation just became more explosive.
Remember the saying, “the more things change, the more things stay the same”? “Hope at Dawn
Stacy Henrie’s sensitive handling of the discrimination against German-Americans during World War I in this touching love story demonstrate an adeptness usually seen in veteran authors. It is hard to believe that “Hope at Dawn
This book is rated PG 13 due to the subject of discrimination. There are no sex scenes in this book.
