The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
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The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
By John Hendrix
Edition
Hardcover edition
PublisherAbramsImprintAbramsISBN
9781419728389
Awards and Honors2019 EGL Award Winner, Middle-Grade Nonfiction
2019 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
2018 Cybils Award Winner, Senior High Non-Fiction Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth - 2018 Kirkus Best Books, Middle-Grade - 2018
NPR’s Book Concierge - 2018 School Library Journal Best Books - 2018 Nonfiction Detectives Best Nonfiction - 2018
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
A gripping account of a pastor who made the ultimate sacrifice in order to free the German people from oppression during World War II. Epilogue. Author’s note. Note on research process and historical accuracy. Selected bibliography. Notes. Index. Full-color illustrations created with hand-drawn pencil and digital brushes, then colored digitally.
Title alpha The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
Level Nonfiction Middle
Pages Count 176
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945). World War II (1939–1945). Theologians. Resistance to government. Twentieth-century history of Germany. Pacifists. Anti-Nazi movements. Nazi persecution. Attempted assassinations. Adolf Hitler (1889–1945). Church and state.
SRC Level 8.300000
SRC Points 9.000000
Lexile 980L
Trim Size 6 3/8" x 9"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Publication date 2018-08-31
JLG Release Date Oct 2018
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
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