Two sisters (Mary and Elsie) take violin lessons from Miss Fitch. Mary struggles, but Elsie plays beautifully. Suddenly, Elsie stops taking lessons and sells her violin in favor of an expensive pen set. She has her own reasons. She had discovered a picture of Miss Fitch in the library in a book about WWII. It showed her carrying a baby while she was being shamefully carted down a French street. She had fallen in love with and had a baby with a German'the enemy. Elise wanted nothing to do with her. One night, Miss Fitch revealed the entire story. It was one of love and tragedy, crossing racial and national barriers. Eventually Elsie takes her back as her teacher.
It was enjoyable, but slow. Well, that's not entirely true. It starts off very slowly and continues that way until Miss Fitch starts her story. Then the action picks up, but just when you really start to get into it, it ends. I don't know, but I think she could have included a bit more detail and content. I just don't see this book holding the interest of an entire class of children for very long. It could definitely be used in the classroom in a history lesson as a way to get kids to learn a little about WWII without realizing it J. All in all, I enjoyed the story, but I don't know if children would get much out of it.