The Faithful Spy by John Hendrix

***This blog post is contributed by Iris H, a Grade 6 student, copied from her own book blog with permission****

     The Faithful Spy is about a man named Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Dietrich is a Theologian. He grew up in a very intelligent family. He had seven siblings, one of them being his twin sister, Sabine, and two parents. Even though he liked music and science, he was more interested in god. 

     When Dietrich was 14, a man named Adolf Hitler, a former veteran of World War I, Decided to share his ideas with Germany. He promised a great future for the country, where there would be no more suffering. This gained Hitler popularity because people were desperate for a better life. Dietrich did not like this because he also knew that Hitler hated Jews and he didn’t like injustice, even if it wasn’t towards him.

     In 1930, Dietrich traveled to New York City to continue his studies at Union Theological Seminary. There, he met many friends that helped him become who he was.

     While Bonhoeffer was in New York City, Germany was falling deeper into disaster, giving Hitler more chances to strike. Germany’s president became deathly ill and died. Adolf saw this as an opportunity and called an election to see who will be the next president. As you guessed, Hitler won and became the president as well as the chancellor.

     Dietrich had returned already and found the situation of his beloved country horrid. He had met with some other people who were against Hitler’s ideas and they formed a group.

     Hitler started making plans, huge plans, in fact, he wanted to invade Austria, then Czechoslovakia, and after that Poland and many more countries, and claim them for Germany. All with the people’s approval.

     Dietrich knew Hitler was steering Germany into another World War, but what could one man do? He knew time was running out, he had to think quickly to save his country.

     Dietrich was a very faithful man, who sacrificed so much for his home. He always thought about other people first, even if it cost him his life.

     If you like history books that aren’t just pages full of tiny words, this is the perfect book for you. It contains graphics and bright colours that are very interesting to look at. Facts are just scattered enough to be fun to read.

     Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s last recorded words were, “This is the end- for me the beginning of life.” I find this quote very inspiring since he is still hopeful even in a time of tragedy. 

     I give this book ★★★★★★★★★★