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For 13-year-old Rose Dunlea, the war against Germany seems far away; her enemies are the words on the page that seem to jumble for no reason when she tries to read them. Ashamed of being held back two years already at school, Rose prays to God that she will no longer have to go to classes. Then, on December 6, 1917, two ships explode in Halifax Harbour and Rose is sure that the catastrophe is her fault.