The book Stepping on the Cracks takes place during the time of World War II in the town of College Hill. The book is focused on three characters, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Gordy. Margaret and Elizabeth are best friends and also neighbors. Gordy is the school bully and has only two friends, Doug and Toad. Margaret, Elizabeth, and Gordy have one thing in common; they each have brothers fighting in the war against Hitler. Every day Margaret and Elizabeth get picked on by Gordy and his friends. One day when Margaret and Elizabeth were in their tree house, they spotted Gordy and his friends hiding next to their tree house. Gordy came up to the tree house and took the boards that were part of the tree house and ran. Elizabeth decided they needed to get revenge, so they followed Gordy to his secret hideout. His hideout was in...