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1. The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

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3. The Faithful Spy is the dramatic true story of German pastor and Nazi resister Dietrich Bonhoeffer come to life in this award-winning graphic novel from John Hendrix.&#8220Inertwines two stories: the insidious rise of Hitler with his creed of hatred and Bonhoeffer&#8217sdevelopment as an ethical thinker who believed that radical action was necessary, but that killing was a sin.&#8221&#8212Ne York Times Adolf Hitler&#8217sNazi Party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities. When the Nazis outlaw the church, he escapes as a fugitive. Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party&#8217sevil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible! Young readers will be thrilled by the near-miss attempts to kill Hitler. The plots involve deception, gut-wrenching timing, and concealed explosives: a bomb in a gift package, a rigged docent conducting a tour of captured weaponry, and an explosive briefcase snuck into the heart of Hitler&#8217sfortress. But Hendrix makes the bold and surprising decision to tell it as a tale of faith. It makes this book unique, one as much about morality as it is about the attempted murder of one of history&#8217smost heinous leaders.