Resistance is about a teenage girl, Chaya, who is separated from her family in Nazi- occupied Poland. She joins a resistance group of other young people who have also been taken from their homes and families. Chaya starts out as a courier and is given some of the worst, most dangerous, assignments. Throughout these assignments, she is teamed up with different people, including a small girl named Ester, who continues making critical mistakes that Chaya has to fix. Will Chaya and Ester be able to work together to help the Allies and the Jews of Poland survive the war?
This particular storyline was really hard for me. It might have been just a 'me' thing, but I really struggled reading some of the scenes due to the details given about the Polish Jews and what they were experiencing. It was heart-wrenchingly devastating. It was excellently written and you could tell that Jennifer A. Nielsen did copious amounts of research for that time period and the resistance groups in Poland.
Again, I think it was just my frame of mind at the time I was reading which lead to me having a tough time with some of the content. I would say this book is more for older teens. I would think a 16 and up person would really enjoy it and be able to handle the content. There was nothing graphic or descriptive, just hard things happened during that time period and this book doesn't pull any punches.
I think it is important to understand what happened during World War II from all angles and this storyline was a new angle for me. I had never read about the Polish Jews and the many atrocities they experiences in the Ghettos. I think these kind of books help make us more understanding and compassionate towards our fellow man.
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