Execution
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2020 · Est. 5 hour read

Execution

By Andy Marino

Book #2 in the The Plot to Kill Hitler series

Kids plot against Hitler as time runs out.

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176 pages· 34,334 words· Est. 5 hour read
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In 1944 Berlin, Max, Gerta, and Kat defy orders, plotting to burn down the Hitler Youth headquarters. Meanwhile, Claus Von Stauffenberg races to assassinate Hitler. Can their daring acts alter history's course?

From the publisher

Based on the real-life scheme to take down one of history’s greatest monsters, this heart-pounding trilogy puts two courageous kids at the center of the plot to kill Adolf Hitler.Summer 1944.Max, Gerta, and their parents have abandoned their home and relocated to a safehouse in a different Berlin neighborhood. The Hoffmanns share the tight quarters with Kat Vogel, the daughter of an executed Becker Circle conspirator. Though they have strict orders to stay inside unless absolutely necessary, the three kids sneak out regularly, all while concocting a plan to keep the spirit of their resistance alive. They’re going to burn down the headquarters of the Hitler Youth.Meanwhile, Claus Von Stauffenberg, a member of Operation Valkyrie’s inner circle, vows to carry out the assassination of Adolf Hitler himself. And he will do it soon. Time is running out.The plots are carried out. Two small decisions change the life of one family – and the path of history – forever.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
176
Words
34,334
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
870L
Themes & topics
Books about cultureBooks about warBooks about the HolocaustBooks about politics and governmentBooks about 1940s
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.8
F&P level
~U
AR points
5
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
506736
Publication
Published
May 5, 2020
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781338359046

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