The Girl from Guernica

Pablo Picasso made a powerful statement against war with his masterpiece Guernica, painted after the Basque town was aerial bombed during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. The painting serves as the inspiration for this historical novel. American Griff first rescues Sibi from the wreckage and then saves her life once more when he advises her not to tell anyone she saw swastikas on the planes. Germany denies any involvement and the Nazis won’t have any qualms in silencing her and her sisters. Sibi goes on to join the resistance as WWII gets underway, doing what she must to protect her family as the enemy closes in.