The Girl Who Wouldn't Die

by Randall Platt

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Finalist for the Washington State Book Award 

They call her the Arab of Warsaw. 

Some say she's Jewish. A few know she's a girl. Most agree she's high on the Nazis' hit list. 

One person believes she could become a hero.

It's 1939 in Poland, and Arab knows that standing up for anyone — especially her Jewish family — only paints a target on her back. So she plans to survive the Nazi occupation the way she always has: disguise herself as an Aryan boy, lead her street gang, and sell whatever she can steal.

But though Arab starts the war with the one goal of staying alive, others have different ideas for her. When a stranger asks for her help with a covert rescue mission, Arab has to make a choice. Trying to be a hero is a surefire way to get killed. But if she doesn't do it, who will? 

Hard-hitting and unforgettable, The Girl Who Wouldn't Die is a story about survival, the necessity of resistance, and the hope that can be found when the world is at its darkest.

'Nothing short of a masterpiece.' — Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Snow Creek

  • ISBN13 9781510757578
  • Publish Date 2 June 2020 (first published 9 May 2017)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
  • Imprint Sky Pony Press
  • Edition Critical ed.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 368
  • Language English