A Different Truth by Annette Oppenlander takes place in 1968, the year when the Vietnam War was at its bloodiest. Along with his best friend Tom, sixteen-year-old Andy Olson is banished to Palmer Military Academy. Oppenlander deftly weaves an insightful coming of age story in...

On the run, Günter and Helmut are trying to avoid Hitler’s last propaganda command in 1945 of sending 15 and 16-year-old boys to fight for their country. Germany is slowly but surely losing the war when Hitler tries to swing it around to his advantage...

Annette Oppenlander opened doors in her heritage that most people would have kept closed when she penned Surviving the Fatherland: A True Coming-of-age Love Story Set in WWII Germany. She records her parents' young lives as they watch fathers, brothers, and friends go off to...

In Everything We Lose, two young boys are telling us the story of the Civil War. One boy, Adam, is white and living on a small farm with his mom and sister without his dad, who had gone off to fight for the freedom of...

A longing for the past that is never going to return – that’s the aftermath of a war. Annette Oppenlander’s When They Made Us Leave: A Novel about Hitler’s Mass Evacuation Program for Children details the brutalities of the Second World War from the perspective...

A Lightness in My Soul: Inspired by a True Story is a historical fiction novel written by Annette Oppenlander. The author’s story is taken from an account her friend heard while waiting in an automotive mechanic’s shop in Germany. An older man was waiting there...

The Scent of a Storm: A World War II Story about Love, Courage, and Survival by Annette Oppenlander is a heartfelt tale of two love-crazed teenagers torn apart by the vagaries of war as Soviet soldiers pushed westward to Berlin through what was then East...

When the Skies Rained Freedom is a gripping work of fiction in the historical, wartime fiction, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience. Written by author Annette Oppenlander, this highly immersive and cinematically penned work plunges readers into...

Annette Oppenlander's 24 Hours: The Trade retells the experiences of her father, Günter, and his friend, Helmut, in Germany during World War II. Life is dismal with no relief in sight. There is only starvation and despair to look forward to day after day. Ever...