The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
by John Hendrix
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Graphic Novel
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 26,543
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 980L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 197623, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Government, Resistance to--Germany--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- 20th century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Religious (See Also Religious - Christian
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945--Juvenile literature
- Assassination attempts
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Assassination attempts--Juvenile literature
- Theologians--Germany--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Hitler, Adolf
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Holocaust
- Anti-Nazi movement--Germany--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Theologians
- Church and state
- Government, Resistance to
- Anti-Nazi movement
- History
- Biographies
- Germany
- Church and state--Germany--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Religion | Christianity
- Lists With This Book
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Teaching Graphic Novels
- Activists and Action 6-8
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2019

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
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