For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy

I read a book titled For Freedom by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. It is a historical fiction book set in France, 1940 during World War 2. The book was great and exciting. The main characters in the story were Suzanne David, her parents, her brothers, her singing teacher, and Dr. Leclerc. Suzanne is a strong 13 year old girl, physically and mentally. She is strong physically when she gets her arm cut open and sewn back together, and she is strong mentally when Madame Montage gets blown up with her unborn baby. Suzanne is a spy that Dr. Lecrec has offered her to be. Her parents are cautious and care about Suzanne a lot. They were very worried when Suzanne came home from when Madame Montage was bombed and had blood on her body. They told Suzanne not to trust anyone. Her brothers care about her. They were really happy when Suzanne got a part as Carmen. Suzanne's singing teacher is caring and understandable. She listened to everything Suzanne said carefully. Dr. Leclerc is a man that is kind. The main problem of the book occurs when Suzanne gets captured by the Nazis and is threatened to be killed if she doesn't tell them if she is a spy and some other information. Will she tell them, or will she not tell and maybe get killed? My favorite part of this book was when Suzanne tried to hide in a haystack (because she forgot her identification papers) because it was funny and serious at the same time. I would rate this book with 5 stars because the writing was very clear, it had a lot of suspense, and that it was based on a real Suzanne, which is really cool!

What would you do if you were asked to be a spy for your country? Suzanne was an ordinary girl that loved singing and had high hopes to be a famous singer. Until the tragedy came, the war was nothing to her. Once her docter, Dr. Leclerc, asked for her to be a spy with him, the war really started for Suzanne. As Suzanne goes through conflicts, meeting other spy's and keeping secrets from her loved ones, she learns about life and death, and findes the bravery inside of her. For Freedom is about World War II and how France was using spies to send important messeges in order to win the war. As Bradley's tragic, true story unfolds, you feel as you are there with Suzanne and experiencing the events of World War II. For Freedom is reccomended to ages 9-13.

This Story tells about a young girl named Suzanne David and her family and friends. One day Suzanne adn her friend yvette had permision to go to the beach. When they go there the German soilders staarting bombing the town. After that day yvette quit talking and Suzanne got cut by glaass which caused her to go to the docters. Most people had no where to stay. The markets closed down and people got kicked out of their homes including the Davids. One day when Suzanne had went to ther Dr. Leclercs office by herself he asked her to become a French spy for her town aand every ones freedom. She had singing lessons everyday which meant she was able to get out of the house to deliver noted and letters to other spies from other leaders that were fighting for their countrys freedom. I thought this book was very interesting it kept me wondering. This book was by far one of the best books I have ever read. It has a lot of heart in it and it is kind of sad but at the end it gets kind of better. I would advise anyone to read this book.

I assigned this book to rising 6th graders last summer...most students somplain about their reading assignments, but this class loved the book...many commented that it is one of their favorite books, EVER! Even the boys, who usually moan and groan about female main characters! It is true that the descriptions of war are sometimes a bit graphic...there is a disturbing paragraph about a pregnant woman killed during an air raid/bombing, but it is necessary to the plot and does succeed in conveying the horrors of war. I think the class loved the maturity of the story and the realism...they felt very grown-up after reading it and it opened up days of passionate conversation about WWII, cruelty, patriotism, sacrifice and bravery. It was a perfect introduction piece for The Diary of Anne Frank, which they will read next year.

This book, based a true story is one of the best World War Two books I've ever read. You really feel like you get to know the character and the more you read the more into the book you get. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read more about the war or who just wants a good book to cuddle up by the fire with during those cold winter nights. This book won't dissapoint you.