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Resist
- Author
- Tom Palmer
- Narrator
- Anna Gilthorpe
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 17 October 2024
- Run Time
- 2 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Warfare, battles, armed forces, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Biographical fiction / autobiographical stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction
What to expect
Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautifully told story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn.
As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under the constant threat of arrest and enslavement.
After the murder of her beloved uncle and the capture of her brother by the Germans, Edda is determined to do anything she can to help the resistance fight back against their oppressors. But what can a teenage girl do and how much risk is she willing to take?
Award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on the incredible work of the WWll Dutch resistance, in a story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn.
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Details
- Author
- Tom Palmer
- Narrator
- Anna Gilthorpe
- Duration
- 2 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 October 2024
- ISBN
- 9780008752200
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Warfare, battles, armed forces, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Biographical fiction / autobiographical stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction
Synopsis
Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautifully told story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn. As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under the constant threat of arrest and enslavement. After the murder of her beloved uncle and the capture of her brother by the Germans, Edda is determined to do anything she can to help the resistance fight back against their oppressors. But what can a teenage girl do and how much risk is she willing to take? Award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on the incredible work of the WWll Dutch resistance, in a story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn.
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