Boy, Resisting - Silent, Spy, Survivor? (Rebels and Resistance)

Silence was supposed to keep me — and my secrets — safe.

So I accidentally became a spy…

I was just supposed to stay hidden. Keep my head down. Don’t get noticed by the Nazis. Simple, right?
Yeah… not so much.
Getting to Paris to stay safe was hard enough — then the Nazis came, and suddenly it wasn’t safe there either. Turns out, when you’re good at sneaking around and listening when you shouldn’t, people start asking you to do things. Dangerous things. Like delivering secret messages. Hiding spy equipment that can’t be found. Taking photos that could get you arrested — or worse. Oh, and I still have to go to school…
Now I’m part of the French Resistance. I know the hiding places. I know the codes. I know which soldiers to avoid. One wrong move means capture. Or worse. And every time I sneak through the city — even underground through the spooky Catacombs — I will this be the mission I don’t come back from?
One mistake could mean none of us — me, Mama, or Kat — survive.
If you like danger, secret missions, close calls, and real history — this is my story. Just don’t tell anyone you read it.

(If you’re a grown-up, you might also want to know this book is part of the Rebels and Resistance series – stories to share about WW2 Occupied Paris. Apart from being illustrated to break up the text, ‘Boy, Resisting’ is also chock-full of history to bring the experiences of being a child during wartime Paris to life. From significant events like the fall of the Maginot line, to how the Resistance movement took back Paris at the end of the war, your middle-grader should also find some cross-over with learning about WW2 in their curriculum as well)

This book, and it's companion (Sewing Resistance - a historical suspense novel which has a parallel storyline but is aimed at adults), will launch on Kickstarter in September 2025.