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The Secret War

by Gary Jeffrey
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This exciting graphic novel recounts three fascinating stories of covert, or secret, operations during World War II: • Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik, Operation Anthropoid, May 1942 - The plan to eliminate German SS leader Reinhard Heydrich, the chief planner of the Jewish genocide by the Nazis and also known as the Butcher of Prague • Benjamin Cowburn, S.O.E. (U.K. Special Operations Executive) - Operation Tinker, April 1943 - How a British operative led a team of saboteurs to blow up trains • René Joyeuse, O.S.S. (U.S. Office of Strategic Services) - Plan: Sussex, August 1944 OSS Plan - The story of sabotage in support of the D-Day invasion

  • Creators

  • Series

    Graphic Modern History: World War II

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 30, 2012

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781427179906

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5.3
    • Lexile® Measure: 1040
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      April 1, 2012

      Gr 5-9-In each volume, text overviews and photos bookend three graphic-novel formatted stories that focus on individuals involved in specific actions and/or conflicts. Although there are several different artists, the fairly realistic artwork is consistent among the books, depicting plenty of gunfire and explosions with some bloodshed but nothing gory. The viewpoints are largely from the perspectives of American, British, and German characters with only one Soviet and no Japanese or Italian characters. The lack of citations for the stories make it hard to determine how much is drawn from first-person accounts and how much is fictional. These quibbles aside, the tales should give readers a different view of the war while the overviews provide solid facts.

      Copyright 2012 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5.3
  • Lexile® Measure:1040
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4

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