Marie-Laure's father is the locksmith at the Natural History Museum. When the Nazi's come to Paris, he is trusted with the most valuable item the museum owns. He and Marie-Laure run away to her Uncle Etienne's house. She thinks it is to get away from the Nazi's because only her father knows the secret of what he holds.
Marie-Laure and her Uncle Etienne start to send messages on radios to the resistance while her father is sent to a Nazi prison for espionage.
Meanwhile, there is a young boy named Warner who lives in an orphanage with his sister in Germany. He becomes fascinated with radios and becomes an expert on building and repairing them. This earns him a spot in Hitler's Youth and from there an appointment to the military where he devises a way to triangulate on a resistance signal so the military can go in and shut them down.
The author's amazing prose and detail of the environment surrounding the characters is beautiful to read. Definitely a book to put on your read list!
Rating: 10 / 10
ISBN: 9781476746586
Publisher: Scribner
Edition: 1st Edition 6th printing