?A heartbreaking and bittersweet novel about the need for queer joy even in the midst of the
horrors of war. The ending had me in tears.??Malinda Lo New York Times bestselling and
National Book Award?winning author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club For fans of Ruta Sepetys
and Malinda Lo a heart-wrenching queer historical YA romance set in the Swing Youth movement
of World War II Berlin Charlotte Kraus would follow Angelika Haas anywhere. Which is how she
finds herself in an underground club one Friday night the summer before World War II dancing
to contraband American jazz and swing music suddenly feeling that anything might be possible.
Unable to resist the allure of sharing this secret with Geli Charlie returns to the club again
and again despite the dangers of breaking the Nazi Party's rules. Soon terrified by the
tightening vise of Hitler's power Charlie and the other Swingjugend are drawn to larger and
larger acts of rebellion. But the war will test how much they are willing to risk?and to lose.
From the critically acclaimed author of Who I Was with Her this beautifully told story of hope
love and resistance will captivate readers of Girl in the Blue Coat and Last Night at the
Telegraph Club.
