For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy by Kinberly Brubaker Bradley, It is 1940, when Suzanne David's everyday life is suddenly shattered when a bomb drops on the main square of her hometown, Cherbourg, France, killing a pregnant neighbor right in front of her. Until then, the war seemed far away, but now her family is kicked out onto the street as German soldiers take over their house as a barracks. While Suzanne clings to her one true love---singing, she continues her goal of becoming an opera singer. She continues her travels to rehearsals, costume fittings, and lessons, and along the way learns more about what Nazis are doing and about the people that are 'disappearing'. Her travels are noticed by an organizer of the French Resistance. Suzanne becomes a secret courier, a spy fighting for France and risking her own life for freedom. Paperback, 192 pages. Ages 12-14
