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#1New York Timesbestselling

author ofIceberg,

Jennifer A. Nielsen inspires readers with a brand-new thriller

based on the remarkable true story of a young Polish girl who bravely

fought, participating in the Warsaw city uprising and took a

stand in the name of freedom.

Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather’s house when

planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi cross on each wing. Before

the bombs hit the ground, Lidia realizes her life is about to change

forever. Poland has fallen under German occupation, and her father

makes the brave decision to join the Polish army to fight against

the Nazis. Lidia wants to follow him into war, but she’s far

too young, and she’s needed by her mother and brother.

After her family returns to Warsaw, where life has changed irrevocably,

Lidia continues to play the piano, finding comfort in Chopin,

Bach, and Beethoven. But she also wants to aid the Jewish

people held captive in the Warsaw Ghetto. With the help of a friend,

Lidia begins to smuggle wheat and food into the ghetto. Still,

she feels like she could be doing so much more. She wants to fight.

After her brother joins the resistance, Lidia wants only to

follow in his footsteps. Soon, she begins to work as a courier, smuggling

weapons and messages for the resistance throughout the city.

When the Warsaw city uprising begins one year after the

more well-known Warsaw Ghetto uprising by Polish Jews with

gunfire and bombs echoing throughout the streets, Lidia joins

the Polish nationalists fight, too, and she and her peers

fight with everything theyve got. Life will continue to surprise

Lidia, as she and the resistance fighters do their best to

defeat the German soldiers. No matter the consequences, theyre

willing to defend their freedom and their homes from the Nazi

invaders even with their lives.

Drawing on the extraordinary real-life story of Polish teenager

Lidia Zakrzewski

An inspiring and dramatic account of the Polish resistance fighters

who struggled to force out their Nazi occupiers and reclaim

their nation’s freedom from tyranny

A fast-paced historical thriller

PRODUCT DETAILS :

DIMENSION : 144 mm x 210 mm
WEIGHT : 460 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Childrens, Teenage & Educational
History & Archaeology