White Rose was the name of a German resistance group in World War II; some of their members were executed by the Nazis. White Rose is, therefore, the symbolic name of a girl who one day decides to follow the trail of a truck full of people, eventually discovering a Nazi concentration camp.
Her constant visits to the camp carrying food to the Jewish children are cut short by a bullet shot by a German soldier, who thinks that “the enemy is everywhere”.
Some of the awards obtained by this book:
-Golden Apple. Bratislava Biennial (Slovakia)
-American Library Association's Mildred L. Batchelder Award (USA)
- Gustav Heinemann Peace Award to children and Young adults’ books (Germany)
-“The top ten books for children” Prize, awarded unanimously by children, librarians and specialists of Banco del Libro (Caracas)