The faithful spy : Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the plot to kill Hitler / John Hendrix.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Amulet Books, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 175 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781419728389
- 1419728385
- 9781419732652
- 141973265X
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 -- Juvenile literature
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Assassination attempts -- Juvenile literature
- Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Government, Resistance to -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Church and state -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Theologians -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Attempted assassination -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Bonhoeff D. H498 | Available | 33111009276615 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Faithful Spy is the dramatic true story of German pastor and Nazi resister Dietrich Bonhoeffer come to life in this award-winning graphic novel from John Hendrix.
"Intertwines two stories: the insidious rise of Hitler with his creed of hatred and Bonhoeffer's development as an ethical thinker who believed that radical action was necessary, but that killing was a sin." -- New York Times
Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities. When the Nazis outlaw the church, he escapes as a fugitive. Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party's evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible!
Young readers will be thrilled by the near-miss attempts to kill Hitler. The plots involve deception, gut-wrenching timing, and concealed explosives: a bomb in a gift package, a rigged docent conducting a tour of captured weaponry, and an explosive briefcase snuck into the heart of Hitler's fortress . But Hendrix makes the bold and surprising decision to tell it as a tale of faith. It makes this book unique, one as much about morality as it is about the attempted murder of one of history's most heinous leaders.
Includes bibliographical references (page 172) and index.
The young theologian -- A young German in Harlem -- God is my Führer -- The decision -- Jamming the spoke -- The pastor in cell block 92 -- The end, the beginning.
"Adolf Hitler's Nazi party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities. When the Nazis outlaw the church, he escapes as a fugitive. Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party's evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible! In his signature style of interwoven handwritten text and art, John Hendrix tells the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor who makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to free the German people from oppression during World War II"-- Provided by publisher.