White Rose

Sophie Scholl was a German university student who refused to accept the lies spread by the Nazi state. This novel, written in verse, follows her and the friends who joined her in the White Rose, a nonviolent resistance circle that relied on words rather than weapons.

Feeling betrayed by Nazi propaganda, Sophie, her brother, and a few fellow soldiers started the group. They secretly wrote and handed out unsigned leaflets that condemned the regime and urged ordinary Germans to take a stand against it.

The story then moves to the following year, when Sophie and her brother were detained for treason and questioned about the people who had helped them. As a debut novel, the book traces the lives of Sophie and her circle and their defiance of fascism in Nazi Germany.