White Rose

Sophie Scholl is tired of being everyone's little sister.  She's just as angry about what Hitler is doing to Germany as everyone else in her family, but her older brother's tend to leave her out of things. 

She can't wait for her life to begin, but compulsory service in Hitler's youth organization is required before she can even go to college.  Sophie know she must keep her opinions about the Fuerher to to herself.

When she finally gets to the university, she sees her chance to finally make a difference, to wake the German people to the truth of Hitler's regime.  She knows it will be dangerous, but she never thought it would end like this.

Alternating between Before and After sections, Kip Wilson tells Sophie's Scholl's story leading up her involvement with the White Rose and the consequences of her actions after she is captured.  For me, this verse novel felt a bit too spare to really immerse me in Sophie's story.  I found myself calling up what I had learned out the German youth resistance group, The White Rose, from the nonfiction title, We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman which I highly recommend.  White Rose would make an interesting pairing with Freedman's novel.