Facing the Enemy

What do you do when your best friend becomes the enemy? Growing up in Newark,NJin the 1930sTommy Anspach and Benjy Puterman have always done everything together. It never mattered that Benjy was Jewish and Tommy was of German descent. But as Adolph Hitler and his Nazi party comes to power in Germany and war brews in Europeeverything changes. Tommy is sent to Camp Nordlanda Nazi youth camp for German Americanswhere he quickly learns that Jews are the enemy. Heartbroken by the loss of his friendBenjy forms a teen version of the Newark Minutemenan anti-Nazi vigilante groupall the while hoping that Tommy will abandon his extremist beliefs. Will Benjy and Tommy be able to overcome their differences and be friends again? Based on real-life events and groups like the Newark Minutemen and the pro-Nazi German American Bundthis daring novel-in-verse reveals the long history of American right-wing extremismand its impact on the lives of two ordinary teens.