Blitzkrieg
Kindle Edition
Scholastic Inc. · Ebook · January 3, 2023
An intriguing and thought-provoking WWII novel inspired by real events from the international award-winning author Brian Falkner!
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- Who it’s for
- A tense wartime journey pairs a search for family with the uneasy cost of survival.
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories for Teens, War & Military YA, YA Adventure
- Published
- Scholastic Inc., January 3, 2023
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An intriguing and thought-provoking WWII novel inspired by real events from the international award-winning author Brian Falkner! In Nazi-ruled Germany, Joe St. George is forced to watch as the country is divided around him by fear and hate. Joe thinks he and his family are safe, but when his father disappears one night, everything changes. Suddenly Joe and his mother are suspects of the state, but for what, Joe has no idea.
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They plan their escape from Germany, even though it means leaving Joe’s father behind. However, Joe and his mom are separated before they make it out, and he is forced to go on without her. Eventually Joe in arrives London but quickly realizes he’s not free of the Nazis. Since Joe’s escape, Hitler has been marching west, and London is under constant attack from the skies. Desperate to find his parents, Joe begins to dig into what happened back home. But the truth is a lot more complicated and dangerous than Joe ever imagined, and soon he is recruited by MI5 and given a deadly mission that will put him in the very center of Hitler’s ruthless reign. From vital convoys across the frozen North Atlantic, to the terror of the Blitz, to the shadowy world of the French Resistance, just how far will Joe have to go to save his family ... and himself?
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A tense wartime journey pairs a search for family with the uneasy cost of survival.
Come here for
- A WWII story shaped by fear, escape, and family separation
- From the Blitz to the French Resistance, with danger close at hand
Expect
- A young protagonist drawn into a dangerous mission
- Historical stakes spanning Nazi Germany, London, and the North Atlantic
Where it sits
| War & Military YA | 47% |
|---|---|
| Holocaust Stories for Teens | 41% |
| YA Adventure | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Adventure
- War & Military YA
- War & Military
- Authors
- Brian Falkner
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- January 3, 2023
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Adventure