White Rose

White Rose
by Kip Wilson (Author)

Booktalk: Disillusioned by the propaganda of Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl, her brother, and his fellow soldiers formed the White Rose, a group that wrote and distributed anonymous letters criticizing the Nazi regime and calling for action from their fellow German citizens. The following year, Sophie and her brother were arrested for treason and interrogated for information about their collaborators. Historical novel-in-verse

Snippet:
GUILTY
Letter from Hans, December 1937

Dear family,

Danke, Vati
for coming

to visit me.
I’m so sorry

you have to endure a child in prison
so sorry

to have brought this
suffering to the family.

But I am who I am and I promise you:
I’ll make everything good again.

A 2019 Cybils Poetry nominee

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