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Resistance
Leland Purvis

Resistance

First Second (Apr 27, 2010)
9781596432918
| Paperback
128 pages | 152 x 216 mm
$ 17.99 | Value: $ 5.37
Dewey 741.5/973
LC Classification PZ7.7.J32 .Re 2010

Genre

  • Graphic Novels
  • Young Adult Fiction

Subject

  • Fiction / General
  • Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
  • Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General
  • Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Europe
  • Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Holocaust

Plot

Fighting on a secret front of World War IIPaul and Marie's bucolic French country town is almost untouched by the ravages of WWII, but the siblings still live in the shadow of war. Their father is a Prisoner of War, kept hostage by the Germans. When their friend Henri's parents disappear and Henri goes into hiding because of his Jewish ancestry, Paul and Marie realize they must take a stand. But how can they convince the French Resistance that even children can help in their fight against injustice? Resistance is the first voulme of a triology written by acclaimed teen author Carla Jablonski and illustrated by Leland Purvis.