Everything you need to understand or teach The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman.
“The Plum Tree” is a historical novel by Ellen Marie Wiseman which recounts the experiences of German civilians before, during, and after World War II through the eyes of young Christine Bolz, from the age of seventeen in 1938 through the summer of 1945.
When the novel begins, Christine dreams of marrying Isaac, the older, handsome son of the people who employ her and her mother as domestics. Christine deeply loves her own...