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Violence
Some
Executions and resistance violence; the cost of occupation on both sides
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of occupation, resistance, the persistence of human dignity, and what cannot be killed even under totalitarian force
What this book is about
Steinbeck's 1942 WWII propaganda novella about Nazi-occupied Europe was immediately translated and distributed by the resistance. The occupiers and the occupied are both humanized. Violence includes executions and resistance killings. A morally serious, short, powerful read for high school and above.
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Execution sequences
WWII occupation themes
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