The Spider Strikes (The Web of the Spider) - Softcover

Spradlin, Michael P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1665947276 ISBN 13: 9781665947275

Verlag: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2026

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Amid the chilling rise of Hitler’s Germany, a twelve-year-old boy and his friends confront rising Nazi threats during a family trip to Austria in this third book in the action-packed middle grade series Web of the Spider for fans of I Survived and A Night Divided.

It’s the summer of 1931 and, like most summers, Joshua and his family are vacationing in Salzburg, Austria. But unlike most years, Joshua is looking forward to escaping the upheaval and bigotry back home in Heroldsberg and the Nazi presence threatening Jewish families like his own. This year, he’s invited his best friends Rolf and Ansel to join him for one last summer before Rolf leaves for America with his father.

But the trip becomes far from relaxing as the Nazis take root in Austria as well, and a gang of Hitler Youth set their sights on Joshua and his friends. When the boys decide to hike up the mountains to camp out at Joshua’s family cabin, things go from bad to worse when they quickly realize they aren’t alone. Can the boys evade the Nazis and make it back to their families safely?

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Michael P. Spradlin (1960–2026) was the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author of the Spy Goddess series, The Youngest Templar series, and the Web of the Spider series, as well as several works of historical fiction, including the Western Heritage Award–winning Off Like the Wind: The Story of the Pony Express. He lived in Lapeer, Michigan. 

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Chapter 1

—The Nuremberg Zeitgeist—

SPECIAL EDITION

VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN HEROLDSBERG!

Planned Speech By Heinrich Himmler Interrupted By Gunman.

By Zeitgeist Staff

November 7, 1930

(Heroldsberg) The quiet, peaceful town of Heroldsberg was shattered yesterday evening when a shooting took place before a planned speech by Nazi Party member Heinrich Himmler. Himmler’s motorcade had only just arrived in town when a still-unknown shooter began firing in the direction of his automobile.

Several bystanders were injured in the shooting, including Nuremberg Zeitgeist reporter Heinrich Becker. At press time, he remains in a Nuremberg hospital clinging to life in critical condition.

A Nazi Party spokesman stated that they suspected Communist agitators as responsible for the disturbance. “It is well known that the German Communist Party has sought to cast our members in an unfavorable light. They are lucky Herr Himmler was not harmed.” When contacted for comment, the Communist Party denied involvement in the incident.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1665947276
• ISBN 13: 9781665947275
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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