I would love the know the name of this movie. I think I know the movie you are talking about. I think her mom dies in a car wreck after dropping her off at school.
Then later has to live with her dad and moves to a new school. She doesn't like her dad and she ends up hitting or kicking him Does that sound close to what you are trying to find? I remember seeing a movie like that one you have describe.
I saw it a very long time ago on the Fox family channel on tv before abc took over and renamed it. And this was before the year 2000. I might have saw this in 1999 or 1998.
I don't know I would like to see this movie cause I never got the never to finish watching it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.