Nine Months Abroad

It’s 1981 and Matt Corrick just finished fourth grade. Now he's leaving Ohio, McDonald's, and his grandparents home—the only home he has ever known— to join his mom and stepdad at an army base in Germany.... where he knows no one, and the local kids have already branded him public enemy number one. He bands together with the few American kids in town and gets good at hiding from German bullies. But a trip to a concentration camp exposes him to the horrors of human history and makes him realize that running from his fears isn't the solution. While deciding to stand up for yourself when you're ridiculously outnumbered may not be the smartest move, there's only one thing left to do: fight. "Nine Months Abroad" is a coming-of-age story that takes a look at life after childhood has been burned away. *contains adult language*