Girl in a foxhole

"Zoe Rivers, an imaginative 12-year-old, lives in Texas in the last days of World War II, the invasion of Japan looming. Daily, she juggles a demanding grandmother, an emotionally fragile mother, and a disengaged father stationed in D.C. Distrustful of adult logic and distraught over her parents' impending divorce, Zoe acts alone to change things before her father arrives on furlough. With little time, she must evict that man from Mama's life, restore Daddy's belief in their family, and shock Mama out of wildly swinging moods, a shock plan that endangers her life"--Cover