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Resistance
Fighting on a secret front of World War II
Paul and Marie’s bucolic French country town is almost untouched by the ravages of WWII, but the siblings still live in the shadow of war. Their father is a Prisoner of War, kept hostage by the Germans. When their friend Henri’s parents disappear and Henri goes into hiding because of his Jewish ancestry, Paul and Marie realize they must take a stand. But how can they convince the French Resistance that even children can help in their fight against injustice?
Resistance is the first voulme of a triology written by acclaimed teen author Carla Jablonski and illustrated by Leland Purvis.
121 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 2010
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Carla Jablonski
45 books63 followersCarla Jablonski is the author and editor of dozens of best-selling books for teenage and middle-grade readers. She grew up in New York City, where she attended public schools and the Bronx High School of Science. She has a BA in anthropology from Vassar College and an MA from NYU's Gallatin School, an interdisciplinary program for which she combined playwriting, the history of gender issues in 19th Century Circus, and arts administration. "I wanted to write the play, contextualize the play, and learn how to produce the play for my degree," she explains. "I think I may have been the happiest graduate student at NYU -- I SO loved working toward my thesis."
While still in graduate school she supported herself as the editor of The Hardy Boys Mysteries. "When I interviewed for the job they asked me if I'd ever read the Hardy Boys as a kid. 'No way,' I scoffed. 'Those are BOY books! It was Nancy Drew for me!' Luckily my future boss had a sense of humor. She hired me after I promised I'd read the books if I got the job."
She has participated in the renowned Breadloaf Writers' Conference as well as Zoetrope's All-Story highly competitive writing workshop held at Francis Ford Coppella's resort in Belize. She has taught writing for the children's market, as well as "cold-reading" skills for teachers as part of Project:Read. Several of her books have been selected as part of the Accelerated Reader's program.
She continues to work freelance as an editor for publishers and for private clients, even as she writes novels and creates new series. She also has another career (and identity!) as a playwright, an actress, and a trapeze performer. "I try to keep the worlds separate," she explains about her multiple identities. "The different work I do has different audiences, so I want to keep them apart. But they're all me -- they're all ways of expressing what I'm thinking and feeling -- just in different mediums."
While still in graduate school she supported herself as the editor of The Hardy Boys Mysteries. "When I interviewed for the job they asked me if I'd ever read the Hardy Boys as a kid. 'No way,' I scoffed. 'Those are BOY books! It was Nancy Drew for me!' Luckily my future boss had a sense of humor. She hired me after I promised I'd read the books if I got the job."
She has participated in the renowned Breadloaf Writers' Conference as well as Zoetrope's All-Story highly competitive writing workshop held at Francis Ford Coppella's resort in Belize. She has taught writing for the children's market, as well as "cold-reading" skills for teachers as part of Project:Read. Several of her books have been selected as part of the Accelerated Reader's program.
She continues to work freelance as an editor for publishers and for private clients, even as she writes novels and creates new series. She also has another career (and identity!) as a playwright, an actress, and a trapeze performer. "I try to keep the worlds separate," she explains about her multiple identities. "The different work I do has different audiences, so I want to keep them apart. But they're all me -- they're all ways of expressing what I'm thinking and feeling -- just in different mediums."
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June 30, 2018
This is a simple story about the complex time during the French occupation of Germany on the French people. One family discovers how complicated life can be when politics becomes deadly. The art helped to tell the story, and it wasn't amazing.
The tale is good and it centers on kids trying to get their jewish friend reunited with his parents. They find out how scary life can really be. There are 2 more books in the story and I am interested.
It was such a horrible time in history and it seems we are about to repeat all those mistakes accept we will be the axis of evil. Positive, I need to be more positive. I'm having a hard time. Signs are pointing to the nazi's rising to power again right here.
The tale is good and it centers on kids trying to get their jewish friend reunited with his parents. They find out how scary life can really be. There are 2 more books in the story and I am interested.
It was such a horrible time in history and it seems we are about to repeat all those mistakes accept we will be the axis of evil. Positive, I need to be more positive. I'm having a hard time. Signs are pointing to the nazi's rising to power again right here.
March 12, 2019
This book is not quite what I was expecting when I picked it up. This book was a quick, engaging read. I found it really interesting. Resistance is about a young boy named Paul Tessier. You can tell his family means a lot to him with the way he treats his sister, Marie. He looks out for her. She is younger than him but pretty smart. They both have a friend named Henri. Henri is Jewish. That matters because in the book the Germans came in and started deporting all of the Jews. All but Henri. Paul and Marie helped Henri by letting him hide out in the wine house. But Henri figures out his parents still alive in Paris. The said he was going to go and find his parents with or without Paul and Marie. So Paul and Marie convinced their, parents, to let them go with Henri. And their journey had begun. I would recommend this book to anyone who is into history books and that might want to read a graphic novel. I'm off to read the second book to this book!!
November 27, 2017
Resistance was a really good, quick graphic novel. Beautiful pictures and great writing. I love learning about World War II so I got really excited when I saw this. My feelings towards graphic novels aren't exactly positive, but I was pleasantly surprised. My only complaint was that in the very beginning I was very cofused. But now that I think back on it, I think my confusion was because I am not used to the set up if graphic novels. The last time I read a graphic novel, after all, was two years ago. I recommend to anyone looking for a quick and easy graphic novel. It honestly took me less than an hour to read. But good nonetheless.
April 23, 2017
Resistance series
This is a great middle-grade graphic novel series on the French resistance during World War II. Kids play their part and there is danger, but it is not overwhelming. My son brought this series home from his school library. He loved it and wanted to share it with me. I love when he does that!!
This is a great middle-grade graphic novel series on the French resistance during World War II. Kids play their part and there is danger, but it is not overwhelming. My son brought this series home from his school library. He loved it and wanted to share it with me. I love when he does that!!
March 13, 2018
Resistance was a great book. I liked the graphics in the book, and the point it was trying to give you. I thought it was really interesting since I like WWII. You should read this if you like world war two!
January 2, 2018
I usually don't read graphic novels, but this book made me wanna keep reading. Towards the end of the book, it got tense and mysterious by making you wonder what was going to happen to the family(s). I feel this book gave a nice overview of what really happened during World War II and what events played along with it. Pretty good book that I recommend!
December 17, 2010
yadda, yadda, yadda, blah, blah, blah, authors note, blah, blah, "didactic" by some and yet, and so on and so on, bleepedity, bleepidity, bloop, education and what not, uh-huh, uh-huh, I liked, yah, yah, yah.
November 27, 2018
A graphic novel that describes the hardships of war and how it affects people and (especially) children. This book covers French resistance work during World War 2 from the point of view of 2 children. This book really can't be properly explained unless its read. I urge anyone to pic up this book, it's worth your time.
February 24, 2012
Resistance is the first graphic novel in a trilogy about young resistance workers in southern France during the Nazi occupation of their country. These graphic novels for young adults are a collaboration of Carla Jablonski, noted children’s author, and Leland Purvis, artist and writer of comic books.
At the beginning of the story, Jablonski has included an explanation about how France was divided between the occupied northern half and the so-called free southern half after it signed an armistice with Germany to stop the fighting in 1940 Now, it is 1942, and up this point, life wasn’t too terrible for those who are living in southern France, certainly better than those who living in the occupies areas.
Paul Tessier may live in the “free” part of occupied France, but his father is German prisoner of war and no one knows anything about him. And now, the Nazis everywhere, more brazen than even, always threatening the daily life of the French and helping themselves to whatever they want. . Angered by all this, Paul is no longer content to simply post his anti-Nazi posters about town.
Besides owning their own vineyard, Paul’s family has taken over the hotel owned by their friends, the Levy’s, who can no longer own it because they are Jews. But when the Nazis requisition the hotel for their own use, the Levy’s disappear. Afraid for them after hearing about the round ups and deportations of Jews in Paris, Paul worries about what will happen to the Levy’s, especially his best friend Henri Levy. But he finds Henri in the woods, hanging out by a pond, completely unaware of what has been happening to the Jews in town.
Paul and his younger sister Marie decide to hide Henri in one of the wine cellars at the Tessler’s vineyard. One night, Paul catches his older sister’s friend, Jacques, trying to get into the vineyard and discovers that Jacques is part of the Resistance. Paul and Marie both want to join it, too and after passing a test, they are given an assignment - get Henri to Paris and safety using false identity papers.
The plan goes well, but when the three of them arrive in Paris, Henri is in for a big surprise waiting for him.
This was a very well done graphic novel. The textual part of the story is succinct and yet completely comprehensible, one of the amazing feats of good graphic novels. In an interview, Jablonski said that she used her experience as a playwright to get dialogue and gesture to convey the story. As a playwright, she said, one must think visually and graphic novels rely so much on the visual to make the story come together.
And that also means that just the right images have to be incorporated into the story. And Purvis has done a brilliant job at rendering Jablonski’s novel, so that dialogue, gesture and image are wholly in sync. His lines are hard and sometimes severe reflecting the the stress and tension of living in such an oppressive situation. Purvis also differentiates his images from Paul’s, an artist in his own right, providing two perspectives of the action - Purvis’s show what is going on around Paul, while Paul’s drawings often reflect what he is thinking/feeling.
But it was the cover of Resistance that first caught my eye - an effective up to date rendering of the biblical David and Goliath story - it says so much about Paul’s story in particular and the resistance movement in general.
The idea of young kids being part of a dangerous movement like the resistance may seem difficult to accept, but, in fact, there were many young people involved in these underground activities in all the occupied countries. But young kids can get away with things that adults could never pull off and Jablonski makes their willingness and usefulness very clear in this first graphic novel of the trilogy.
On the other hand, in her Author’s Note, Jablonski writes that resistance workers were brave, but they were not saints and she has remarkably captured the range of their feelings - the fear, the anger, the frustration, the sense of oppression and even the bickering among themselves, giving the whole thing are great touch of reality.
This book is recommended for readers age 12 and up.
This book was purchased for my personal library.
Resistance was a 2011 Sydney Taylor Honor Winner
Resistance was named a 2011 YALSA Great Graphic Novel
At the beginning of the story, Jablonski has included an explanation about how France was divided between the occupied northern half and the so-called free southern half after it signed an armistice with Germany to stop the fighting in 1940 Now, it is 1942, and up this point, life wasn’t too terrible for those who are living in southern France, certainly better than those who living in the occupies areas.
Paul Tessier may live in the “free” part of occupied France, but his father is German prisoner of war and no one knows anything about him. And now, the Nazis everywhere, more brazen than even, always threatening the daily life of the French and helping themselves to whatever they want. . Angered by all this, Paul is no longer content to simply post his anti-Nazi posters about town.
Besides owning their own vineyard, Paul’s family has taken over the hotel owned by their friends, the Levy’s, who can no longer own it because they are Jews. But when the Nazis requisition the hotel for their own use, the Levy’s disappear. Afraid for them after hearing about the round ups and deportations of Jews in Paris, Paul worries about what will happen to the Levy’s, especially his best friend Henri Levy. But he finds Henri in the woods, hanging out by a pond, completely unaware of what has been happening to the Jews in town.
Paul and his younger sister Marie decide to hide Henri in one of the wine cellars at the Tessler’s vineyard. One night, Paul catches his older sister’s friend, Jacques, trying to get into the vineyard and discovers that Jacques is part of the Resistance. Paul and Marie both want to join it, too and after passing a test, they are given an assignment - get Henri to Paris and safety using false identity papers.
The plan goes well, but when the three of them arrive in Paris, Henri is in for a big surprise waiting for him.
This was a very well done graphic novel. The textual part of the story is succinct and yet completely comprehensible, one of the amazing feats of good graphic novels. In an interview, Jablonski said that she used her experience as a playwright to get dialogue and gesture to convey the story. As a playwright, she said, one must think visually and graphic novels rely so much on the visual to make the story come together.
And that also means that just the right images have to be incorporated into the story. And Purvis has done a brilliant job at rendering Jablonski’s novel, so that dialogue, gesture and image are wholly in sync. His lines are hard and sometimes severe reflecting the the stress and tension of living in such an oppressive situation. Purvis also differentiates his images from Paul’s, an artist in his own right, providing two perspectives of the action - Purvis’s show what is going on around Paul, while Paul’s drawings often reflect what he is thinking/feeling.
But it was the cover of Resistance that first caught my eye - an effective up to date rendering of the biblical David and Goliath story - it says so much about Paul’s story in particular and the resistance movement in general.
The idea of young kids being part of a dangerous movement like the resistance may seem difficult to accept, but, in fact, there were many young people involved in these underground activities in all the occupied countries. But young kids can get away with things that adults could never pull off and Jablonski makes their willingness and usefulness very clear in this first graphic novel of the trilogy.
On the other hand, in her Author’s Note, Jablonski writes that resistance workers were brave, but they were not saints and she has remarkably captured the range of their feelings - the fear, the anger, the frustration, the sense of oppression and even the bickering among themselves, giving the whole thing are great touch of reality.
This book is recommended for readers age 12 and up.
This book was purchased for my personal library.
Resistance was a 2011 Sydney Taylor Honor Winner
Resistance was named a 2011 YALSA Great Graphic Novel
January 21, 2015
Super straight-forward story set in the French countryside during World War II. Yes, it's the Resistance, but starring two young kids. Not such a bad idea in the case of Paul, age about twelve or so. He's bright, quiet, motivated (his father was captured by the Germans, and his best friend his Jewish), observant, and he's a good artist, all qualities that could definitely be useful. In the case of the significantly younger Marie... She's loud, impulsive, and has apparently been completely sheltered from every reality of the war. I guess she's meant to be cute, but I found her irritating. Paul and Marie have one real mission in the pages of this book, and it's predictably easy and almost entirely free of drama. Yes, I know that it's middle grade, but I remember being on the edge of my seat reading Number the Stars when I was ten. This just feels safer than it needs to be.
Oddly enough, this volume closes with an essay about the moral ambiguities of living in occupied France. The Resistance were not all good, labeling somebody a "collaborator" might not be the whole truth, etc. What's odd about the essay, which is actually rather good, is that it doesn't seem to relate at all to the story in this volume. All the Resistance really are good, and they really are all trying to do the right thing for the right reasons. Unless it's foreshadowing for the next volume, I really don't see the point of arguing that reality is sometimes morally ambiguous in a book that's entirely unambiguous.
Oddly enough, this volume closes with an essay about the moral ambiguities of living in occupied France. The Resistance were not all good, labeling somebody a "collaborator" might not be the whole truth, etc. What's odd about the essay, which is actually rather good, is that it doesn't seem to relate at all to the story in this volume. All the Resistance really are good, and they really are all trying to do the right thing for the right reasons. Unless it's foreshadowing for the next volume, I really don't see the point of arguing that reality is sometimes morally ambiguous in a book that's entirely unambiguous.
August 10, 2015
I semi-enjoyed this one. I was between a 2 and a 3 in terms of stars. The story and characters lacked depth and the tone was a little strange (forced optimism?) for a story about the resistance. Maybe the author/artist team were trying to make the war kid-friendly? But kids appreciate complexity and this book seems almost condescending sometimes in tone. A lot of potential in terms of characters and storyline for a book that is meaningful, challenging, emotionally engaging and funny, too, if that is what the artists are going for. I am curious if and how the next book in this series will deepen the story.
June 17, 2015
Art wasn't great, story felt shallow and oversimplified
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December 11, 2017It was a very intresting book and gave me allt of insite of the things going on during the holocaust and how tragic it was for so many family's.
March 13, 2018
This was interesting book and a very easy read. It started off a little confusing, but then as the story developed it became clear. I reccomend the book for somoeone who is interested in WWII.
February 12, 2016
Resistance is a book about the French resistance forces in France after it was taken over in WWII, it’s not exactly the most original topic to write about but it is still a monumentally important time and hearing many different people’s stories is important. The story follows a kid named Paul and his sister Marie who accidentally help the resistance but are then recruited to fight the Nazis. Seeing that even children had to be used in order to stop what was going on certainly makes a powerful statement, but at the same time that’s really all the book is. Besides Paul and Marie the other characters seem to float in and out of the story affecting it but never giving us time to get attached to them or really care about them at all. Paul and Marie’s main goal is to help Henri their Jewish neighbor find his parents which they do, and that’s really it. None of the characters are never put in any real danger, they have to walk in front of several Nazi officers and trick them into thinking they aren’t with the resistance but they never seem to be in any real danger. Anyone with even a small education could probably tell you about some of the terrible things that happened during the holocaust, but it would have helped me care what happened to these characters if the book showed what would happen to them if they were found out, the most I got was a person being captured and dragged away. Resistance is a book about a terrible time and is trying as many other books have to prevent something like the holocaust from happening again, but I can’t just excuse poor writing a lack of character development, and a story that seems to just happen and be over with quickly just because the book has a good message.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 17, 2010
Reason for Reading: This is a Cybils '10 nominee and required reading for me as a graphic novels panelist.
The book starts with a one-page non-fiction narrative that places our story in history. We are told how France was invaded, occupied, surrendered and the results of this. The graphic story focuses on a French family living in Vichy, the 'free' part of France, a mother, two daughters and a son, the father is off fighting in the war and no word has been heard since France's surrender. One by one we learn how certain members of this family and village are part of the French resistance and when one of them learns that the children are hiding a Jew in their wine caves he enlists their help thinking children will make perfect resistance members as they will not be suspect.
The book is quite dark emotionally. We see images that hint at the horrors going on and some brutal events do happen but it is the looks of outrage and fear on the children's faces that truly brings the emotions to the reader. The story involves the round-up of Jews in their village and the children's mission as resistance fighters. It is exciting and full of fear at the same time. The book does a good job of bringing the reality of living in an occupied country to the reader. There are a few instances when the plot is a little too unbelievable, someone just happens to turn up in the nick of time at the place where they were looking, that sort of thing. But otherwise, a compelling story which takes an interesting stand in it's two-page non-fiction conclusion where it explains the French Resistance and whether participating or not participating should ever be reason for judging someone.
The book starts with a one-page non-fiction narrative that places our story in history. We are told how France was invaded, occupied, surrendered and the results of this. The graphic story focuses on a French family living in Vichy, the 'free' part of France, a mother, two daughters and a son, the father is off fighting in the war and no word has been heard since France's surrender. One by one we learn how certain members of this family and village are part of the French resistance and when one of them learns that the children are hiding a Jew in their wine caves he enlists their help thinking children will make perfect resistance members as they will not be suspect.
The book is quite dark emotionally. We see images that hint at the horrors going on and some brutal events do happen but it is the looks of outrage and fear on the children's faces that truly brings the emotions to the reader. The story involves the round-up of Jews in their village and the children's mission as resistance fighters. It is exciting and full of fear at the same time. The book does a good job of bringing the reality of living in an occupied country to the reader. There are a few instances when the plot is a little too unbelievable, someone just happens to turn up in the nick of time at the place where they were looking, that sort of thing. But otherwise, a compelling story which takes an interesting stand in it's two-page non-fiction conclusion where it explains the French Resistance and whether participating or not participating should ever be reason for judging someone.
August 25, 2010
First of all, I think this is misplaced in YA fiction. I might even send it in to be switched. The characters look really young, and the simplistic introduction to the struggles of World War II seem much better suited to a J audience than a YA. (That's why it's on both shelves for the time being.)
Anyway, I think my problem with this is that it feels contrived. Like, someone decided that someone should write a book about the resistance to the Nazis during World War II for children, rather than the story coming about more organically. I have no idea if that's what actually happened, but that's what it feels like. The specific context of it being France seems unnecessary, and there's no way I could sell this to teens. World War II enthusiasts (I wanna call them fans, but that would be wrong) like my mom (who is fascinated by the Holocaust, as well as the Civil Rights movement in the south of the USA) would find this interesting as it's from a tweaked lens from what we typically hear about this, but overall, it's not strong as something marketed towards teens. I'd feel better giving it to kids, but not sure it would catch attention as a booktalk. The striking cover promises more than the what's actually offered inside.
Anyway, I think my problem with this is that it feels contrived. Like, someone decided that someone should write a book about the resistance to the Nazis during World War II for children, rather than the story coming about more organically. I have no idea if that's what actually happened, but that's what it feels like. The specific context of it being France seems unnecessary, and there's no way I could sell this to teens. World War II enthusiasts (I wanna call them fans, but that would be wrong) like my mom (who is fascinated by the Holocaust, as well as the Civil Rights movement in the south of the USA) would find this interesting as it's from a tweaked lens from what we typically hear about this, but overall, it's not strong as something marketed towards teens. I'd feel better giving it to kids, but not sure it would catch attention as a booktalk. The striking cover promises more than the what's actually offered inside.
November 3, 2010
The story of the book is not terribly challenging or daring, with heroic characters all doing the right thing and surviving without terrible consequence. It eventually builds to a simple plot with some tension and suspense, and that moves respectably. But the characters face no moral questions of consequence, no difficulties or hard decisions. And this becomes inexcusable in the author's afterword, where she very carefully describes the hard choices members of the French Resistance had to make, the moral ambiguities about what they did. The author KNEW she could include more complex problems, harder choices for her characters, less cardboard heroism in her story, and she didn't.
Many readers, especially young ones, probably want to think that "I would have stood up against the Nazis," or "I wouldn't have collaborated in slavery" and other pious, self-flattering conceits. I think it's a better service to the reader to show how easy it is to lapse into collaboration, Eichmann-hood, how small the human spirit can actually be in a complex world. I'll take Kafka over Horatio Alger any day. This book, at least in Book 1, has robbed its young readers.
Many readers, especially young ones, probably want to think that "I would have stood up against the Nazis," or "I wouldn't have collaborated in slavery" and other pious, self-flattering conceits. I think it's a better service to the reader to show how easy it is to lapse into collaboration, Eichmann-hood, how small the human spirit can actually be in a complex world. I'll take Kafka over Horatio Alger any day. This book, at least in Book 1, has robbed its young readers.
March 1, 2012
Resistance, which is a graphic novel, really captured the perspective of the resistance and how it worked in the holocaust. I have never read a graphic novel before, but I liked it. I read the book Resistance. It was about a non-Jewish boy named Paul and a Jewish boy named Henri that are best friends. One day Henri finds out that his parents have gone missing. Paul then puts Henri into hiding because they both know that Henri’s life is at stake. While Henri is hiding Paul and his sister Marie join the resistance to save their friend. I liked that in the book it really showed the emotion of the characters and I thought the author did a really good job of that. One thing I thought that could be improved was the font of the writing. At times I thought it was a little difficult to read. I am going to give the book three stars because I liked that it was something new for me and I liked learning more about the holocaust, but I didn’t find the book so amazing. I would recommend this book to someone that enjoys graphic novels and to a person that wants to read about the holocaust. Clearly the book Resistance is a way to learn about the holocaust and have a good time.
October 3, 2014
I really liked this a lot, the first of a trilogy. Focuses on the French Resistance to the Naziis, written for tweens, possibly younger, where French kids get involved with saving their friend. A two page author's note is really good and cogent, on how complicated history is to write and even more difficult to grasp the complexity of it. It is easy from our perspective to assume that we would all just join the Resistance, but she makes it clear in the essay that it so much more complicated than we make it 70 years later. And how more difficult is it to capture that complexity in a kid story, and a graphic novel? But I think she does deftly capture some of these issues in a tale meant to introduce people to this historical movement... Good stuff, highly recommend for tweens, children, but as an adult, I liked the "achieve" of it, the art, the subtlety in a story meant to appeal to kid's sense of adventure, but more importantly, social justice...
May 6, 2018
This is a book about 3 kids who are caught in the middle of the German occupation of France in WWII. Also, it doesn't help that one of the kids is Jewish. The story follows the 3 kids as they eventually join the resistance. The story arc does get very interesting when the Jewish boy starts his quest to find his parents.
The emotions of the kids and the influence of adults and their attitudes/political beliefs on children is well illustrated. It captures adequately the schism in French Society about the occupation by Nazi forces. Some welcomed it, some opposed it and some thought it was better than destruction of France by Germany in the war (WWII). The narrative is quite decent but the artwork is average.
The emotions of the kids and the influence of adults and their attitudes/political beliefs on children is well illustrated. It captures adequately the schism in French Society about the occupation by Nazi forces. Some welcomed it, some opposed it and some thought it was better than destruction of France by Germany in the war (WWII). The narrative is quite decent but the artwork is average.
March 2, 2015
This is a book I just finished it is about a jewish kid that out his parents taken away from him but they managed to escape.So the kids friends help him get to his parents and they managed to finds his parents by secret messages.I really like because I like how they put lots of details in the novel and how they could lots of typing in so little captions.I really recommend this book to people who like noels or really like about historical or war books.
May 29, 2015
I recommend this book to all genders. This book shows The Resistance during World War 2 in France. This book is really cool because it shows how kids helped win the war against the Germans. In the book Henry's parents were hiding from the Germans really war away ; and his friends Paul and Marie help hide him and get Henry to his parents. Paul and Marie joined the resistance so they could help Henry.
They had some troubles with the Germans but Paul and marie getting Henry safely to his parents.
They had some troubles with the Germans but Paul and marie getting Henry safely to his parents.
May 2, 2018
This book is based in ww2. The main characters are Paul and Marie. They realized that they have to help out there friend to hide from the Germans because he was jewish. When Paul meets a French undercover spy he wants to help. Even tho he is a kid he knew he could help them. Will Paul be bale to keep his friend protected??
August 26, 2015
This is a solid start to a very interesting WWII story. This is the story of how a family joins the French resistance, and how they band together to save their friends. I really want to read the rest of this, for sure!
December 17, 2017
This book is a brief graphic novel about WWII and how young kids joined the Resistance against the Nazi government. It was good to see how kids were part of the story, but the novel was too short. I think they might have a sequel.
June 22, 2012
The first of a thrilling trilogy about French youth joining the resistance against the German occupation and Vichy collaborator government.
January 4, 2016
This was a good follow up read to Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale about French resistance during German occupation in France in WWII.
November 2, 2017
Good book 😀😀😀😀😀😀😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
March 13, 2019
not a great book, did not enjoy it because it did not have a lot of things happening and it was not my kind of book
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