All the Light We Cannot See

6 months old

4 weeks old

12 years old

6 years old

Volkheimer built a wall from rubble and then threw a grenade at the blockage

retreating German soldiers heard them tapping on the walls with iron rods

rescuers dug them out of the rubble of the hotel

Werner managed to transmit their location to the girl who told the Germans

he drowned when the water main burst in the basement

he was trying to fix the radio and was electrocuted

he was in the basement and the building caved in

he was badly wounded in the bombing and died

they were all well-dressed

they were sitting on their dead

they were not soldiers

they were not Russians

fumbled around in the dark trying to find Marie-Laure

couldn't put out the fire in grandfather's room

wanted to drink a whole bucket of water he found

shot the sergeant major and put out the fire

messages about sea traffic in the waters off the coast

messages about high ranking Germans coming for a holiday in Saint Marlo

messages about the numbers of troops stationed outside of Saint Marlo

messages that sounded like info about specific family members

braille copies of parts one and two of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

a lovely chocolate cake and a meal of turnips and radishes

a new dress, remade from one of his mother's

a wonderful pot of tomato soup

she laid down to sleep and the planes began another bombing run

she set music to play as loudly as possible and waited, with knife in hand, for the German

she prepared to leave the attic and escape from her house

she sat down on the piano bench and waited for death to come for her

a beautiful, dry spring along the Breton coast

several of her friends disappeared during the night

eating bad food, which was all that was available in Saint Marlo

she and other women collected info on the German soldiers in town

he stopped a beating given by older boys

he was 8

he was 16

he showed sympathy for a friend