Results for: kip wilson

Below is a list of 4 the books by this author.

Book cover of 1 LAST SHOT - BASED ON A TRUE STORY OF
1 LAST SHOT - BASED ON A TRUE STORY OF
By: kip wilson | Published: January 2023

The daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants, Gerta Pohorylle, doesn't quite fit in with her German classmates. While she's away at boarding school,...

The daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants, Gerta Pohorylle, doesn't quite fit in with her German classmates. While she's away at boarding school, however, she becomes a master at reinventing herself as a vibrant, confident young woman. When she returns from school, she joins a group of young activists and is arrested for distributing anti-Nazi propaganda. Her family decides she must leave Germany. In Paris, Gerta meets André Friedman, a Hungarian photographer eager for fame and fortune, who fosters Gerda's interest in photography. Together the pair reinvents their brand of photojournalism under the names Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, in part to gloss over their Jewish ancestry, and soon they're traveling to areas of military conflict and selling their photos for high prices. Gerda continues to travel solo through Europe, often the only woman in journalism circles. Her assignments eventually lead her to Spain to cover the growing conflict that is becoming the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), part of events leading to World War II. True to her political beliefs, Gerda pushes closer and closer to the front line, eager to capture the lives and vibrant hopes of Spanish republican forces fighting against fascism, only to lose sight of her own safety.

Theme: Written in Verse, War/Children and War

  • ISBN
    9780063251687
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$23.99
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Book cover of MOST DAZZLING GIRL IN BERLIN
MOST DAZZLING GIRL IN BERLIN
By: kip wilson | Published: March 2023

On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job...

On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Café Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers. Rosa, one of the club's waitresses and performers, immediately takes Hilde under her wing. As the café denizens slowly embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own blossoming feelings for Rosa. But Berlin is in turmoil. Between the elections, protests in the streets, worsening antisemitism and anti-homosexual sentiment, and the beginning seeds of unrest in Café Lila itself, Hilde will have to decide what's best for her future . . . and what it means to love a place on the cusp of war.

  • ISBN
    9780358755326
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$19.99
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Book cover of WHITE ROSE
WHITE ROSE
By: kip wilson | Published: January 2021

A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenged the Nazi regime during...

A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenged the Nazi regime during World War II as part of The White Rose, a non-violent resistance group.

  • ISBN
    9780358376699
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$14.99
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Book cover of WHITE ROSE
WHITE ROSE
By: kip wilson | Published: April 2019

Tells the story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenges the Nazi regime during World War II as part of the White Rose, a...

Tells the story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenges the Nazi regime during World War II as part of the White Rose, a non-violent resistance group.

Theme: Holocaust

  • ISBN
    9781328594433
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
Retail Price:
$25.99
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