***CHILDREN’s and TEEN’s finalist KIRKUS PRIZE 2016*** From Newbery medallist Russell Freedman, the suspenseful, poignant true story of students in Nazi Germany who dared to resist Hitler’s reign. In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Freedman tells the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older students, the Scholls and a few friends formed the White Rose, a campaign of active resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. Risking imprisonment or even execution, the White Rose members distributed leaflets urging Germans to defy the Nazi government. Their belief that freedom was worth dying for will inspire young readers to stand up for what they believe in. Archival photographs and prints, source notes, bibliography, index. AGES: 10-12 AUTHOR: Russell Freedman received the Newbery Medal for ‘Lincoln: A Photobiography’. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lives in New York City and travels widely to research his books. REVIEWS: The double-columned text speeds by under Freedman’s compelling narration, and the reader-friendly layout features wide leading and one or more generously sized photographs on each spread.
- The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books