When the Dikes Breached

By Martha Attema

For sixteen-year-old Klara, a devastating flood reveals a dark family secret.

It is February 1953 in the Netherlands and Klara is expected to marry the son of a prominent farmer. In this small island community, steeped in tradition, the Church controls the lives of its citizens but Klara longs to escape for adventure on far away shores. When a spring tide merges with a brutal northwestern storm it causes the dikes to breach, unleashing death and destruction that will expose a dark family secret.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553806743
• ISBN13: 9781553806745
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Ronsdale Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary