num_pages: 320
description: Berlin 1938It is the summer before World War II begins but Charlotte Kraus doesnt know it yet. All she knows is the zing of electricity she feels every time her best friend Angelika Haas grabs her hand. Charlie would follow Geli anywherewhich is how she finds herself at an underground club one Friday night dancing to contraband American jazz and swing music suddenly feeling that anythingmight be possible. Under the oppressive shadow of the Nazi regime returning to the club is a risk. But Charlie does unable to resist the allure of sharing a secret with the girl she cant stop thinking about or the thrill of disobeying the Partys rules. Soon the Swingjugend movement becomes more than a simple escape. Its a place where Charlie and her friends find acceptance freedom and camaraderie among others who are determined not to sit on the sidelines of history. Increasingly terrified by the tightening vise of Hitlers power Charlie is drawn to larger and larger acts of resistanceeven as Geli the daughter of a senior Party officer begins to pull away. But resisting the Nazis is a dangerous proposition and the war will test what Charlie is willing to risk at the expense of her family her friends and the girl she loves.
language: English
title: Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken
publisher: HarperTeen