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The secret letter / Debbie Rix.

Rix, Debbie, (author.).

Summary:

"London, 2018: When ninety-four-year-old Imogen receives a letter addressed to her in neat, unfamiliar handwriting, she notices the postmark is stamped from Germany--and it sends shivers down her spine ... Germany, 1939: Thirteen-year-old Magda is devastated by the loss of her best friend, shy and gentle Lotte, cruelly snatched from her and sent to a concentration camp--the Star of David sewn on her faded, brown coat. As the Nazi's power takes hold, Magda realizes she's not like the other girls in her German village-she hates the fanatical new rules of the Hitler Youth. So Magda secretly joins The White Rose Movement and begins to rebel against the oppressive, frightening world around her. But when an English bomber pilot crashes in a field near Magda's home she is faced with an impossible choice: to risk the safety of her family or to save a stranger and make a difference in the devastating war that has claimed the lives of so many. Little does she know, her actions will have the power to change the life of another girl, on the other side of enemy lines, forever..."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781538708330
  • ISBN: 1538708337
  • Physical Description: 417 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Hachette Book Group edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Forever, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes reading group guide.
"Originally published in trade paperback by Bookouture in 2019."--Title page verso.
Subject: Great Britain. Royal Navy. Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1993) > Fiction.
Weisse Rose (Resistance group) > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > England > Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Headingley Municipal Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Headingley Municipal Library RIX (Text) 36440000280762 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

  • Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2021 December #1
    In 2018, an unexpected letter arriving on Imogen's London doorstep opens up long-stored memories of WWII. What follows are parallel stories of the wartime experience of Imogen and the German letter writer, Magda. As the war begins, Imogen, a schoolgirl, is sent to the country to be safe from the expected bombings of Newcastle. Magda, a farm girl, helps with chores while trying to avoid the attentions of Otto, a bullying member of the Hitler-Jungend. Her brother Kurt, a student in England when war breaks out, warns the family of the evils of Hitler in a letter. Later, Imogen becomes a Wren doing top-secret secretarial work, while Magda stays on the farm, finding an underground subversive group to inspire her and a downed English flyer to rescue. Imogen meets Kurt; Magda aids Freddy, the man Imogen eventually marries. Though the horrors of war are sometimes glossed over, this is an interesting exploration of how life goes on, even when the world is in chaos. Readers (including book groups) will enjoy the surprising ways Imogen and Magda's lives intersect. Copyright 2021 Booklist Reviews.

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