A Thunderous Whisper
A Thunderous Whisper by Christina Diaz Gonzalez is an illustrated edition published by Random House Children’s Books on October 8, 2013. This 320-page book presents the story of Ani, a 12-year-old girl who feels insignificant in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. As she navigates her feelings of self-worth and the absence of her father, Ani becomes involved with a network of underground rebels aiming to protect the Basque culture from Franco’s regime.
Readers will find that Ani’s journey transforms as she meets Mathias, a boy whose family is connected to a spy network. Together, they engage in delivering messages for the resistance, which empowers Ani and helps her discover her own strength. The narrative explores themes of social issues, self-esteem, and the impact of war, particularly as Ani faces the devastation of her hometown, Guernica, by Nazi bombers. Through her experiences, Ani learns to confront grief and loss while taking action in a world that feels overwhelmingly loud.
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“In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, 12-year-old ani unexpectedly gets drawn into a network of underground rebels working to thwart Franco’s efforts to destroy the Basque people’s way of life. . . . Exciting.” — SLJ
Ani believes she is just an insignificant whisper of a girl in a loud world. This is what her mother tells her anyway. Her father made her feel important, but he’s been off fighting in Spain’s Civil War, and his voice in her head is fading. Then she meets Mathias. His family has just moved to Guernica and he’s as far from a whisper as a boy can be. Ani thinks Mathias is more like lightning. Mathias’s father is part of a spy network and soon Ani finds herself helping him deliver messages to other members of the underground. For the first time, she’s making a difference in the world.
And then her world explodes. The sleepy little market town of Guernica is destroyed by Nazi bombers. In one afternoon Ani loses her city, her home, her mother. But in helping the other survivors, Ani gains a sense of her own strength. And she and Mathias make plans to fight back in their own unique way.
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