- Published: 27 February 2024
- ISBN: 9780593381274
- Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 448
- RRP: $26.00
This Rebel Heart
- Published: 27 February 2024
- ISBN: 9780593381274
- Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 448
- RRP: $26.00
“This Rebel Heart incorporates surprising elements of fabulism into a breathtaking, affecting work about historic change in 1956 Hungary.” —Shelf Awareness, starred review
“Vivid, suspenseful, emotionally grounded, and heartbreaking, this book grapples with vital ethical debates about memory and democracy that makes it essential reading for lovers of historical fiction.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“Like Sepetys’ The Fountains of Silence, this will certainly send readers to research a lesser-known resistance movement and realize that while it’s easy to judge history in hindsight, it’s far more difficult, but necessary, to try to make it.” —The Bulletin, starred review
“Locke's path of lyrical and magical devastation continues through mid-20th century Europe with their newest YA novel.” —BuzzFeed
“With its richly drawn characters and gutting depictions of post-Holocaust trauma and antisemitism, This Rebel Heart is a grounded, often heartbreaking account of Jewish life under Russian occupation . . . Katherine Locke has created a profound tribute to those willing to risk everything for hope.” —Polygon.com