RESIST
Dyslexia friendly
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?
Edad recomendada: A partir de 12 años.
PALMER TOM
Tom Palmer es un aclamado escritor británico de literatura infantil y juvenil, nacido en Leeds en 1967. Es ampliamente reconocido por sus novelas de ficción histórica y deportiva, diseñadas especialmente para fomentar la lectura en el público joven y combatir la renuencia lectora. Es autor de exitosas series publicadas por Barrington Stoke, como Football Academy y Foul Play, esta última nominada al premio Blue Peter Book Award. Por sus rigurosas novelas de ambientación histórica sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial, como D-Day Dog y After the War, ha recibido el Children's Book Award y múltiples galardones escolares del Reino Unido.
