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Jennifer A. Nielsen

Resistance

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

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Introduction

Resistance

  • Genre: Fiction; middle grade historical
  • Originally Published: 2018
  • Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 810L; grades 5-8
  • Structure/Length: 3 parts; 49 chapters; approx. 400 pages; approx. 9 hours, 29 minutes on audio
  • Protagonist and Central Conflict: In the Tarnow Ghetto of Nazi-occupied Poland in 1942, 16-year-old Chaya Lindner confronts danger and death as the member of a resistance organization that attempts to help the starving and oppressed.
  • Potential Sensitivity Issues: The Holocaust; antisemitism; war, violence, and death

Jennifer A. Nielsen, Author

  • Bio: Born in 1971; raised and now lives in Utah; began writing stories as a child; interested in theater, speech, and debate in high school; debuted with The Underworld Chronicles (first book in 2010); now a best-selling author of children’s, middle grade, and young adult fiction
  • Other Works: The False Prince (first in The Ascendence series; 2012); Mark of the Thief (first in the Mark of the Thief series; 2015); The Scourge (2016); Words on Fire (2019)
  • Awards: Whitney Award Winner for Best Middle Grade Novel of the Year and Best Overall Youth Novel of the Year (2018); Tablet Magazine’s Best Jewish Children’s Book (2018); Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year List (2019); Sydney Taylor Notable Book Award (2019)

CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:

  • Varying Responses to Oppression
  • The Interplay of Community and Heroism During Wartime
  • Reconciling Faith and Morality in the Context of Violence

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