The Silent Unseen, Amanda McCrina
The Silent Unseen, Amanda McCrina
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The Silent Unseen
A Novel of World War II

Author: Amanda McCrina

Narrator: Laura Jennings

Unabridged: 6 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2022


Synopsis

A mesmerizing historical audiobook of suspense and intrigue about a teenage girl who risks everything to save her missing brother.

Poland, July 1944. Sixteen-year-old Maria is making her way home after years of forced labor in Nazi Germany, only to find her village destroyed and her parents killed in a war between the Polish Resistance and Ukrainian nationalists. To Maria’s shock, the local Resistance unit is commanded by her older brother, Tomek—who she thought was dead. He is now a “Silent Unseen,” a special-operations agent with an audacious plan to resist a new and even more dangerous enemy sweeping in from the East.

When Tomek disappears, Maria is determined to find him, but the only person who might be able to help is a young Ukrainian prisoner and the last person Maria trusts—even as she feels a growing connection to him that she can’t resist.

Tightly woven, relentlessly intense, The Silent Unseen depicts an explosive entanglement of loyalty, lies, and love during wartime, from Amanda McCrina, the acclaimed author of Traitor, a debut hailed by Elizabeth Wein as “Alive with detail and vivid with insight . . . a piercing and bittersweet story.”

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

About Amanda McCrina

Amanda McCrina is a writer, historian, and bookseller. She holds a degree in history and political science from the University of West Georgia. Her novels include Traitor, The Silent Unseen—named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 2022—and I'll Tell You No Lies, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. She lives outside Nashville, Tennessee.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Provin

The Silent Unseen opened my eyes to a whole new part of World War II history. I never knew there was an actual group called the ‘silent unseen’ who were part of a special operations unit. Wiki says ‘The Silent Unseen" were elite special-operations paratroopers of the Polish Army in exile, created in......more

This was such a gripping story that details a part of World War II that is frequently overlooked. Following the struggle for power between the Soviets, Ukrainians and Poles, this story takes a deep look at human nature, connection and hope. Even though this was a work of fiction, I still feel like I......more

Goodreads review by Mallory

I really loved the setting for this story. While I have read many books about World War II I haven’t read many if any set in Poland focusing on the Polish/Ukrainian/Soviet struggles. I liked the two main characters, but there were times I felt the story moved a little slower than it needed to. I als......more


Awards

  • School Library Journal Best Books of the Year