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Witness the chilling rise of the Nazi Party through the eyes of a twelve year old boy in this first book in the action packed middle grade series Web of the Spider for fans of I Survived and A Night Divided. Rise of the spider epub ebook download 1929 Heroldsberg Germany Rolf might only be twelve years old but he s old enough to know that things have not been good in his country since the end of the Great War Half of Germany is out of work and a new political movement is taking hold that scares him Every night Rolf s father and older brother Romer have increasingly heated arguments about politics at the dinner table And when two members of the new Nazi Party Hans and Nils move to town as part of the Hitler Youth Rolf is uneasy to see how enad Romer is by their promises of bringing Germany to glory Rolf doesn t trust Hans and Nils for a moment For all their talk of greatness they act like bullies antagonizing shop owners who are Rolf s friends and neighbors Yet Romer becomes increasingly obsessed with their message of division and Rolf watches in horror as his family fractures even further When there is an act of vandalism against a Jewish owned business in town Rolf fears Romer might have had something to do with it Can Rolf find a way to intervene before things get any worse Rise of the Spider 1 The Web of the Spider This book is the first in The Web of the Spider series and I cannot wait to read the next book It is a fabulous book for students who like reading about WWII It provides a clear picture of how Hitler was able to rise to power I highly recommend reading this book and adding it to your collection Bonus It s only 123 pages 160 Thanks Mark for introducing us to this one 160 E ARC provided by Edelweiss PlusIt s 1929 in the Bavarian town of Heroldsberg Germany Rolf who is 12 is worried about his older brother Romer A brilliant soccer player Romer is increasingly dissatisfied with life and fights frequently with their father who runs a toy factory in nearby Nuremberg that is experiencing difficulties Rolf knows that things are hard in Germany after the Great War the country had to pay reparations and the economy was suffering Ansel Rolf s best friend is well versed in the news of the day because his father is a reporter for the Nuremberg Zeitgeist When the two friends see Romer talking to two young men they are worried to find that Hans and Nils have moved to town to set up an office for the National Socialist German Workers Party better known as the Nazis While Ansel isn t pleased with the spidery Hans glib replies and calls Hitler an idiot Rolf is circumspect in his speech He does tell his father who is not happy that Romer is considering joining the Hitler Youth Rolf asks if his older brother Klaus who died in the Great War was also troublesome at that age and the father does remember that Klaus fought quite a lot with his mother who died of the Spanish flu Still when Mrs Hufnagel s bakery is attacked and set on fire and Romer s shirt smells of kerosene Rolf becomes very worried about his brother When he finds that Romer has traveled to Nuremberg for a rally he and his father go after them With things heating up in the country will Rolf and his father be able to keep Romer safe Unfortunately this ends on a cliffhanger and the next book Threat of the Spider doesn t even have a publication date yet I love the description of what everyday life was like in Heroldsberg and the information about the economic difficulties makes it easier to grasp why the German people supported Hitler and were coerced into believing his lies about the Jewish population Almost one hundred years later many of these details tend to fade away so Rolf s experiences are a good foundation for understanding how Hitler s rise to power was possible and how the Holocaust was able to happen Spradlin has done a number of books about World War II including The Enemy Above Prisoner of War and Into the Killing Seas as well as the nonfiction Jack Montgomery Gallantry at Anzio Medal of Honor so he brings not only incredible historical research to this book but also a good feel for the timeperiod As soon as I found out that Rolf s mother had died I thought Who s the family s housekeeper cook Sure enough we soon met Mrs Holsten who was supporting her seven children after her husband perished in the Great War I loved the father s explanation that he had to keep her on as a way to support the economy There are many stories of fighting during the war and of the wide range of experiences of Jewish citizens in horrible circumstances but in the US there aren t many stories about how ordinary German citizens lived and how they felt about the Nazis I had dear friends who were just about Rolf s age Both were forced into being in the Hitler Youth but got into quite a bit of trouble for putting the uniform neckerchief on a dog Seeing the political events through Rolf s eyes was very interesting and the stage is set for even enlightening and exciting adventures Hand this to readers who enjoyed Smith s My Brother s Secret Hoose s The Boys Who Challenged Hitler McCormick The Plot to Kill Hitler Dietrich Bonhoeffer Pastor Spy Unlikely Hero Osbourne s Winter s Bullet or other books that give background about the lives of ordinary people during the lead up to World War II 160 Wow The ending was the perfect lead into the next book in the series It left me with the feeling of a rubber band about to snap Right on the brink of chaos I really enjoyed the story Even though it s a work of fiction there s plenty of material that isn t fictional When I was in school we were taught about the holocaust but we weren t really told much about Hitler before then The Beer Hall Putsch was new information to me I really loved that I learned something new while reading this 160 The first in a series for middle grade readers about how life in a small town in Bavaria changed when the Nazi Party gained power Not all at once but gradually the Brown Shirts that had filtered in with smiles and pamphlets began to commit acts of violence against people who opposed them When young Rolf sees that his own brother has become a Nazi thug he is horrified But Rolf and his father have no idea what to do about it or how to stop the increasing trouble caused by followers of Hitler This powerful series needs to be in every classroom everywhere I can t wait for the next one to come out I received a digital copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review All opinions are strictly my own 160 This book is unlike any book you ve ever read about the events leading up to WWII Rise of the Spider is the first in the 6 book series titled Web of the Spider These books are quick action packed and will be published at a rapid rate thank goodness because I NEED the next one In it we see the chilling rise of the Nazi Party through the eyes of twelve year old Rolf and his friends and family What at first seems impossible in this lovely little town becomes a hard reality as hatred spreads and irrevocable actions are launched And while we see these hardships and realities of the time the book also centers of the threads of family friendship and deciding the kind of person we want to be It s a different stance on this time period and one I think readers will become enmeshed with quite quickly I couldn t put it down 160 Rise of the Spider is set in the small town of Heroldsberg Germany as Adolf Hitler was beginning to rise in popularity and power Young Rolf and his best friend Ansel watch a duo of Hitler Youth begin a chapter of the paramilitary boys group in their town and see that organization dovetail with the increase of Nazi leaders in government and local police along with anti Semitic sentiment Worse Rolf s older brother Romer has been drawn into the web of violence and political unrest. Book rise of the spider man Michael Spradlin mixes historical facts and locations with a likable main character Rolf s dad hard working widower who has done all he could to support his boys amid his own grief of the loss of his wife and oldest son will generate sympathy among readers By the end of this opening book to a planned trilogy readers will be left confident that Rolf and his dad will rise above the prejudice and hate and hoping that they are able to find Romer and persuade him to leave the Hitler Youth, Rise of the spider childrens books for sale Rise of the Spider is free of profanity and sexual content and this book 1 has kept violence fairly low Ideal for those in grades 5 7: Rise of the spirit 8 cent stamp Thanks for the print arc Margaret K McElderry Simon Schuster 160
| Rise of the Spider (1) (The Web of the Spider) By Michael P. Spradlin |
| 1665947217 |
| 9781665947213 |
| English |
| 160 |
| Paperback |
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Michael P Spradlin is the author of than a dozen books for children..