#1 New York Times bestselling author of Iceberg, Jennifer A.
Nielsen inspires readers with a brandnew thriller based on the remarkable true story of a young Polish girl who bravely fought, participating in the Warsaw city uprising, and took a stand in the name of freedom.Twelveyearold Lidia is outside her grandfather's house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi cross on each wing.
Before the bombs hit the ground, Lidia realizes her life is about to change forever.
Poland has fallen under German occupation, and her father makes the brave decision to join the Polish army to fight against the Nazis.
Lidia wants to follow him into war, but she's far too young, and she's needed by her mother and brother.When the Warsaw city uprising beginsone year after the more wellknown Warsaw Ghetto uprising by Polish Jewswith gunfire and bombs echoing throughout the streets, Lidia joins the Polish nationalists fight, too, and she and her peers fight with everything theyve got.
Life will continue to surprise Lidia, as she and the resistance fighters do their best to defeat the German soldiers.
No matter the consequences, theyre willing to defend their freedom and their homes from the Nazi invaderseven with their lives.Drawing on the extraordinary reallife story of Polish teenager Lidia Zakrzewski, bestselling author Jennifer A.
Nielsen presents an inspiring and dramatic account of the Polish resistance fighters who struggled to force out their Nazi occupiers and reclaim their nation's freedom from tyranny.