The story of German pastor and Nazi resistor Dietrich
Bonhoeffer comes to life in this award-winning graphic novel from
John Hendrix
A YALSA Nonfiction Excellence in Nonfiction Award
Finalist?!
John Hendrix is a New York Times bestselling author and
illustrator whose work blends words and images to bring history,
storytelling, and big ideas vividly to life. His books include The
Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis & J. R. R.
Tolkien, an Eisner Award-nominated graphic novel named a Best
Children's Book of 2024 by The New York Times; The Faithful Spy:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler, an NPR Best Book;
Drawing Is Magic: Discovering Yourself in a Sketchbook; and The
Holy Ghost: A Spirited Comic, among others.
In addition to his books, Hendrix's award-winning illustrations
have appeared on book jackets and in major publications, including
The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and National
Geographic.
Hendrix is the Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art and the founding
chair of the MFA in Illustration and Visual Culture program at the
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University
in St. Louis.
"This is quite a time to be looking back at Nazis. A year after
President Donald Trump defended Charlottesville protesters carrying
swastikas, a staffer in the Department of Homeland Security
resigned last month after his ties to white nationalist
organizations were exposed. Whether or not this is the ‘30s all
over again, Adolf Hitler seems to be on people’s tongues, making
this a great time for John Hendrix’s deep look at a real-life
German theologian who refused to let his conception of Christianity
become an accessory to genocide against minorities. Hendrix’s
beautiful blue-and-red layouts position the evolution of Dietrich
Bonhoeffer’s religious convictions against the historical tapestry
of the Nazis’ rise. It would be a vivid read at any time, but feels
especially relevant now.”
*Entertainment Weekly*
“The author and illustrator of picture-book biographies of Jesus
Christ, John Brown and other nonconformists, John Hendrix
demonstrates his storytelling powers once again with this
graphic-novel treatment of a turbulent time. Impressive in its
scope and imagery, “The Faithful Spy” manages to convey not only
the rise and fall of Hitler; it also peers into the soul of
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the many Germans who defied Hitler’s
tyrannical rule.”
*Washington Post*
“What will catch the reader’s eye immediately is Hendrix’s striking
three-color art. The book is not a panel-by-panel graphic novel,
but rather an inventive combination of text blocks and
illustration. Each spread has its own ingenious design.”
*New York Times*
“Author-illustrator John Hendrix brings his considerable talents to
this nonfiction graphic exploration of the German resistance during
World War II… The Faithful Spy is exactly the kind of accessible,
innovative page turner sure to entice new readers to the graphic
format and the burgeoning genre of middle grade nonfiction. Truly a
tour de force.”
*BookPage*
“Mr. Hendrix’s portrait of Bonhoeffer’s courage and example, his
unshakable piety amid horror, makes ‘The Faithful Spy’ one of the
year’s most compelling works of nonfiction for readers ages 10 to
16.”
*The Wall Street Journal*
"With art rendered in stark reds and blues, John Hendrix's story is
as much a feast to the eyes as it is a stirring, but ultimately
tragic, tale."
*NPR*
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