night lights
the night the bells rang
while the adults talk about the war overseas mason fights his own battles at home with a mean bully named aden . but then aden surprises mason with an unexpected act of kindness . finally on the night world war i ends mason must come to terms with adens death overseas and masons own treatment of his little brother .
the last year of world war i is an eventful one for vermont farm boy mason as he helps with the chores tries to get along with his little brother and sees an older bully go off to the war .