Looking out for Lindy

Fourteen-year-old Meg McCarran loses her frame of reference once her beloved father ships out to do his duty during World War II. Meg finds solace and adventure in the forbidden sump field mined with treacherous oil shafts and German prisoners of war. Embarrassed by Lindy, her severely retarded sister, Meg inadvertently lures her into hazardous Lake Goo. While her younger brother, Jimmy, finds his time and space as the man of the house in his father's absence, Meg gropes for her own identity. Her mother is German in a war against Germany, her father is missing at sea, and her prejudiced grandmother has no use for yellow-bellied traitors crowding into post office lines. Meanwhile, Meg fights her own battles on the home front. When Lindy is lost due to Meg's careless disobedience, Meg has no choice but to search the sump field's Lake Goo where the enemy lurks inside towering weeds. As fire rages in nearby storage tanks, Meg struggles to save Lindy and to salvage her own life before it's too late. Appropriate for ages ten and up, Looking Out for Lindy is an appropriate choice for any student study of World War II or as core literature in the elementary school.