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For Freedom
The Story of a French Spy
By Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38572-961-1 978-0-38590-087-4
- Publisher
- Delacorte
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2003
Gr 6-8 Life for Suzanne David, a 13-year-old French schoolgirl and music apprentice, dramatically changes in May, 1940, when she and her best friend witness the brutal death of a neighbor when a bomb drops directly in front of them. Soon the Germans take over Cherbourg, and the Davids are forced from their ho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2003
Like Kathleen Karr's Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free, reviewed below, this novel adds a touch of glamour to the usual homespun goodness of girls' historical fiction. Convent girl and aspiring opera star Suzanne, thirteen, finds her world almost completely changed when the Germans bomb Cherbourg in 1940 and subsequently invade and occupy the city. Her best friend has retreated into hysterical muteness...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
