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The boy in the striped pajamas: a fable
Par John Boyne. 2006
World War II. Nine-year-old Bruno is dismayed to leave his three best friends when his family moves from their Berlin…
home to a remote country house. He struggles to understand why he can't be friends with the boy behind the wire fence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2006The boy who dared
Par Susan Campbell Bartoletti. 2008
1942. Seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener is imprisoned for treason. While awaiting execution in his filthy prison cell, Helmuth looks back over…
his short life, recalling friendships, family, and his courageous endeavor to share the truth with other Germans about Hitler and the war. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Footprints on the horizon (Pine Ridge portraits #3)
Par Stephanie Grace Whitson. 2005
Nebraska, 1945. Josephine, daughter of the Reverend Hale, spend the summer on her aunt’s ranch. There she encounters Dieter Brock,…
a German prisoner of war being held locally at Fort Robinson. Dieter takes an interest in both Jo and her father’s sermons, though the town and Jo’s mother disapprove. AdultThe diplomat's wife
Par Pam Jenoff. 2008
Polish resistance member Marta Nedermann, from The Kommandant's Girl (DB 77659), is rescued from a Nazi prison by American soldier…
Paul Mattison. Later, alone and pregnant with Paul's child, Marta marries a British diplomat and volunteers for a spy mission in Prague. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2008Coal black horse: A Novel
Par Robert Olmstead. 2007
1863. Fourteen-year-old Robey Childs is sent by his clairvoyant mother to find his father, who is fighting in the Civil…
War. Robey, riding a stallion, encounters refugees, runaway slaves, deserters, and battle scavengers. At Gettysburg Robey finds his dying father and rescues an abused girl. Violence and strong language. 2007The madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel
Par Debra Dean. 2006
Decades after surviving World War II in the basement of the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad, Marina--now in Seattle--no longer experiences…
the present. Marina's mind retreats to 1941, when only the love of her future husband and memorizing the paintings kept her alive. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006Sunrise over Fallujah
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2008
Iraq, 2003. Robin "Birdy" Perry joins the army after high school and becomes involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Birdy writes…
about his experiences to his uncle Richie, a Vietnam War veteran, from Fallen Angels (RC 29775, BR 17796). Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2008The kommandant's girl (The Kommandant's Girl #1)
Par Pam Jenoff. 2007
World War II, Poland. Newlyweds Jacob and Emma become separated during the Nazi invasion. Jacob joins the Jewish underground, and…
Emma moves in with a Catholic aunt. Posing as a gentile, Emma works for a Nazi Kommandant, risking her marriage--and her life--to help Jacob's cause. Some descriptions of sex. 2007On the wings of heroes
Par Richard Peck. 2007
Davy Bowman remembers the home-front years in Illinois during World War II, especially his two heroes--his nineteen-year-old brother, who is…
in the Air Force, and his father, who was injured in the previous war. Boyhood misadventures mix with scrap drives, shortages, and the dread of telegrams. For grades 5-8. 2007Billy Pilgrim, adrift in time, randomly revisits past and present manifestations: senile widower stalked by an assassin, hopeful young newlywed,…
giraffe on the planet Tralfamadore--where time is an illusion--and, most crucially, American POW during the firebombing of Dresden in World War II. Strong language. 1969Rhett Butler's people
Par Donald McCaig. 2007
Tale of Rhett Butler, from Gone with the Wind (RC 33082, BR 11427), and his clan. Rhett has a difficult…
relationship with his father Langston, loves his sister Rosemary and his wife Scarlett O'Hara, and trusts his childhood friend Tunis, a former slave. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2007Knots
Par Nuruddin Farah. 2007
Mogadiscio, Somalia. Cambara returns to her native land from Toronto after the accidental death of her son. Cambara reclaims her…
parents' house from a local warlord, organizes a play with the help of women activists, and falls in love. Companion to Links (DB 61281). 2007Lily's crossing
Par Patricia Reilly Giff. 1997
In the summer of 1944, Lily goes to Rockaway Beach, New York, with her grandmother. There Lily meets Albert, a…
young Hungarian refugee orphan who fled from the Nazis. When Lily tells lies to impress Albert, there are unexpected consequences. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor. 1997Red moon at Sharpsburg: a novel
Par Rosemary Wells. 2007
Virginia, 1861. Twelve-year-old India Moody's world changes when the Civil War breaks out. After her ailing father returns to the…
front as the Union Army advances, India summons her courage and plunges into the tragic Battle of Sharpsburg to take him medicine. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2007Hattie Big Sky
Par Kirby Larson. 2006
Montana, 1918. Sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Inez Brooks arrives at the remote homestead claim she inherited from an unknown uncle. She…
expects hard work but does not anticipate the strong local anti-German prejudice directed at her good neighbors, the Muellers. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2006At some disputed barricade: a novel (World War One Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 2007
The Western Front, 1917. British intelligence officer Matthew Reavley tracks a traitor called Peacemaker. Meanwhile, his brother Joseph, a chaplain,…
and sister Judith, an ambulance driver, experience ambivalence when twelve British soldiers face execution for killing an incompetent officer. Sequel to Angels in the Gloom (DB 61869, BR 16291). Some violence. 2007We shall not sleep: a novel (World War One Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 2007
Siblings Matthew, Joseph, and Judith Reavley wind up in Flanders at the close of the war. A German officer agrees…
to go to England and expose the Peacemaker, a spy who had the Reavleys' parents murdered. Sequel to At Some Disputed Barricade (RC 64441, BR 17174). Some violence. 2007The tale of the children of Húrin: Narn i chîn Húrin
Par J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien. 2007
A tale of the Elder Days of Middle-earth, variations of which appeared in Unfinished Tales... (RC 17615) and The Silmarillion…
(DB 60367). Describes the fates of Húrin--cursed lord of Dor-lómin--and his children Túrin and Niënor. Restored, edited, and introduced by the author's son, Christopher Tolkien. Bestseller. 2007The better angels of our nature: a novel
Par S. C. Gylanders. 2006
April, 1862. At the Battle of Shiloh, General William Tecumseh Sherman discovers a young teenaged orphan, Jesse Davis, on the…
scene. Believing Jesse brought him good luck, Sherman gives him work as an orderly and trains him in warfare--even after discovering that Jesse's a girl. Some violence. 2006Z for Zachariah
Par Robert C. O'Brien. 2009
Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, seemingly the sole survivor of a nuclear war, is tending her family farm when she sees smoke…
from a campfire--a stranger is in the valley. She takes precautions to hide her presence, realizing there are worse things than being alone. For junior and senior high readers. 1974