Uprising

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

Narrated by: Gail Shalan

Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather's house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi cross on each wing. Before the bombs hit the ground, Lidia realizes her life is about to change forever. Poland has fallen under German occupation, and her father makes the brave decision to join the Polish army to fight against the Nazis. Lidia wants to follow him into war, but she's far too young, and she's needed by her mother and brother.

After her family returns to Warsaw, where life has changed irrevocably, Lidia continues to play the piano, finding comfort in Chopin, Bach, and Beethoven. But she also wants to aid the Jewish people held captive in the Warsaw Ghetto. With the help of a friend, Lidia begins to smuggle wheat and food into the ghetto. Still, she feels like she could be doing so much more. She wants to fight. After her brother joins the resistance, Lidia wants only to follow in his footsteps. Soon, she begins to work as a courier, smuggling weapons and messages for the resistance throughout the city.

When the Warsaw city uprising begins—one year after the more well-known Warsaw Ghetto uprising by Polish Jews—with gunfire and bombs echoing throughout the streets, Lidia joins the Polish nationalists' fight, too, and she and her peers fight with everything they've got. Life will continue to surprise Lidia, as she and the resistance fighters do their best to defeat the German soldiers. No matter the consequences, they're willing to defend their freedom and their homes from the Nazi invaders—even with their lives.

Drawing on the extraordinary real-life story of Polish teenager Lidia Zakrzewski, bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen presents an inspiring and dramatic account of the Polish resistance fighters who struggled to force out their Nazi occupiers and reclaim their nation's freedom from tyranny.

©2024 Jennifer A. Nielsen (P)2024 Scholastic Inc.

A book about courage and resilience!

This is a magnificent book! Jennifer A. Nielsen is a literary genius and deserves to be ranked among the greats such as C.S. Lewis and Mark Twain! There isn’t a single book of hers that I have read (or listen to in this case) that hasn’t left me in complete awe! This one was no exception! I can only hope that I can have the same amount of courage and resiliency as Lydia in this book when facing the coming calamities and the falling of our nation, before the great coming of our Lord and Savior!

Another great book by Jennifer A. Nielsen

I love her historical fiction work, and this book is no exception. Read it!

A story of heroism

I have enjoyed every Jennifer A Nielsen book I have read. This book is no exception. The extraordinary courage, kindness, and compassion of Lidia Janina Durr is awe inspiring. I cannot think of a better author to share the story with young readers. Mrs. Nielsen did an excellent writing this story.

Good book

Why is it so sad at the ending????!! It was a good book but I just don’t love the sad endings

AMAZING book

This was an AMAZING book. The characters were intricate, and the story line was amazing. There was symbolism, and Jennifer A. Neilsons words made the book come to life. I was sad that the book came to an end.

Amazing! Suspenseful! True!

I loved listening to thus book, and learned so much! Great for tweets and older.

The hardship of Lidia’s life

I personally loved the whole book but my favorite part was the end where Lidia found her mother.

The uprising

The characters were amazing. They showed how much passion the real people that were there did. They weren’t like oh that’s cool. That’s not what happened. They actually thought about the story and what their lives may be like and they won’t see their families again yet when they knew this, they did more than they could ever do to make people, have their generation and better life for the world to come and that’s what I think I loved about the book the most and thank you so much for letting other people and making this book because everybody that is seen this or I don’t know what this really is I hope that you guys love it as much as I doyou so much