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When her mother is shot at a checkpoint, 15‑year‑old Sarah is thrust into a dangerous world of espionage and danger. A mysterious man with an ambiguous accent, a bare apartment, and a lockbox of weapons reveal that he belongs to a covert resistance group fighting the Third Reich. He recruits Sarah to infiltrate a boarding school that houses the daughters of elite Nazi leaders, where she must blend in and stay hidden in plain sight. As the war rages on, Sarah must navigate the harsh realities of the Holocaust, the peril of spying, and the complex moral choices that define her survival.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Matt Killeen
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