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Resistance

Marianne, a French 15-year-old, is reluctantly working for the Resistance during World War II. The fear and pressure are getting to be too much for her, and she is angry with her mother for continuing to participate in the movement despite the mounting danger to the family. Marianne promised her father, who died while fighting, that she would care for her deaf brother and keep him from harm. Now a German officer has been billeted with the family, and a sickly British officer is hidden in the woodshed. Marianne never knows who is a fellow Resistance worker and who is colluding with the Nazis. Compounding her escalating terror is the predatory Nazi commanding officer who left one girl in a nearby town pregnant. The taut story line builds tension from the first page. Marianne's confusion and fear are realistically rendered. Yet she is a typical teenager who dreams of being a clothes designer someday, and only wants her family to be safe. This leads her to do something terrible that imperils all of them. Ultimately, she is forced to look beyond the war with its established enemies and allies to see real people and judge them as individuals. With winning characterization and a compelling plot, this quick read will appeal to reluctant readers as well as voracious ones.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 138
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780761452140
  • Settings
  • France
  • Genres
  • historical
  • Release date
  • 2005