Product Description
The Girl with the Red Hair
Author: Buzzy Jackson
Format: Paperback
Perfect for Fans of Kate Quinn's the Rose Code, This Gripping Novel of Courage and Loyalty Brings the Unsung True Story of WW2'S Greatest Heroine Hannie Schaft to Life
A tale of formidable defiance told through the eyes of a young heroine so notorious that Hitler himself personally ordered for her capture.
'Inspiring, empowering, and timely. An immersive story with the sort of hero we all need right now: relatable and resolute and absolutely right' Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is
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1940, Amsterdam.
You're nineteen years old. The war has stolen your future and your country is under siege. The people you love are no longer safe.
Will you stand aside as the menace of Nazi evil tightens its grip on your homeland? Or do you unleash your fury, joining forces with your enemies' enemies, plotting to strike?
Because if not you, then who?
You're drawn deep into a web of plots, disguises and assassinations. The Resistance trained you for this. You flash your enemies a smile and beckon them closer.
Little do they know you've grown used to the weight of a gun in your hand.
Soon, they will all know your name . . .
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'I finished it in almost one gulp! What an amazing, inspiring, true-life hero she was. An engrossing read' — Gwen Strauss, author of The Nine
'An inspiring book with an immense amount of research. One of those books that will be with me for a long time' 5***** READER REVIEW
'An intriguing story that keeps you captivated till the end. A true hero!' 5***** READER REVIEW
'A mixture of emotions, from feeling hopeful to a pit of your stomach fear, from heart-warming to heartbreaking. A book I want on my bookshelf to pass down the generations' 5***** READER REVIEW
About the Author
Buzzy Jackson is the award-winning author of three non-fiction books and holds a PhD in History from UC Berkeley. She was inspired to write The Girl with the Red Hair - her first novel - after visiting the Verzetsmuseum (Resistance Museum) in Amsterdam. There, she discovered the story of a young woman named Hannie Schaft, who at nineteen-years-old quit college to fight fascism and became the most wanted woman in the Netherlands during the Second World War. Buzzy lives in Colorado, USA.
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