The Assignment

Author(s) Liza Wiemer
Illustrator(s)
Age Group 12-17
Publisher Delacorte Press
ISBN 978-0593123164
Year 2020
The Assignment

Would you defend the indefensible? That's what high school seniors Logan March and Cade Crawford are asked to do when a favorite teacher instructs a group of students to argue for the Final Solution--the Nazi plan for the genocide of the Jewish people. Logan and Cade decide they must take a stand, and soon their actions draw the attention of the student body, the administration, and the community at large. But not everyone feels as Logan and Cade do--after all, isn't a school debate just a school debate? It's not long before the situation explodes, and acrimony and anger result.
 

The Assignment