Werner Pfennig is the second protagonist of the novel who is a bright young fellow later trapped under a pile of rubble who stays alive on the radio broadcast by Marie-Laure on Jules Verne's famous novel, 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' in Braille. Marie-Laure LeBlanc is the first protagonist in the novel, a blind girl from Paris who has to flee during the bombing by Germany in 1940 to Saint-Malo. The title's symbolism in 'All The Light We Cannot see' is literally towards the light of the wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that cannot be visible to the human eyes. It was awarded the respected Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction in the year 2015. 'All The Light We Cannot See' is a novel first published in the year 2014 which focuses on exploring human nature and how war affects it.Įven though this war novel focuses on historically relevant events, it is considered a work of fiction. Anyone using the information provided by Kidadl does so at their own risk and we can not accept liability if things go wrong. Kidadl cannot accept liability for the execution of these ideas, and parental supervision is advised at all times, as safety is paramount. We recommend that these ideas are used as inspiration, that ideas are undertaken with appropriate adult supervision, and that each adult uses their own discretion and knowledge of their children to consider the safety and suitability.

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