Resistance

Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference. Using forged papers and her fair features, Chaya becomes a courier and travels between the Jewish ghettos of Poland, smuggling food, papers, and even people.

Soon Chaya joins a resistance cell that runs raids on the Nazis' supplies. But after a mission goes terribly wrong, Chaya's network shatters. She is alone and unsure of where to go, until Esther, a member of her cell, finds her and delivers a message that chills Chaya to her core, and sends her on a journey toward an even larger uprising in the works -- in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Though the Jewish resistance never had much of a chance against the Nazis, they were determined to save as many lives as possible, and to live -- or die -- with honor.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 08/28/2018
ISBN: 9781338148473
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.50d
Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Notable

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2018
Publishers Weekly 06/25/2018
School Library Journal 08/01/2018 pg. 68
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 197069 / Resistance
Reading Level: 5.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 14