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Footprints 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. 2006Dream when you're feeling blue: a novel
Par Elizabeth Berg. 2007
Chicago, 1940s. Kitty and Louise Heaney see their boyfriends off to fight in World War II, while their younger sister…
Tish has fun dancing and flirting at USO events. Letters to and from loved ones reveal events at home and on the battlefront. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007The 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. 2007April in Paris: A Novel
Par Michael Wallner. 2007
World War II, occupied France. Roth, a twenty-two-year-old German soldier, translates for the SS during interrogations of Resistance fighters. Off…
duty he roams Paris as "Antoine" and falls in love with bookseller's daughter Chantal. Ignorance of each other's true identity brings tragedy. Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006Billy 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. 1969While I live
Par John Marsden. 2007
Follows the Tomorrow Series. After the war, Australia is partitioned and Ellie returns to her family farm with friends Homer…
and Gavin. When Ellie's parents are murdered, Homer joins a vigilante group called Liberation. Meanwhile Ellie struggles to keep her land. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2007Rhett 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). 2007At 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. 2006The sun also rises: The Authorized Edition
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1954
A group of wealthy English and American expatriates in post-World War I Europe travel from the cafes of Paris to…
the bullfights of Spain--eating and drinking, aimlessly socializing, and quarreling among themselves. The disillusioned characters reflect the war-weary lost generation of the 1920s. Some strong language. 1926The necessary beggar
Par Susan Palwick. 2005
Darroti's entire family is exiled to the planet Earth after he is accused of killing a high-born woman. The clan…
is interned in a Nevada refugee camp where Darroti commits suicide. Surviving family members escape with the help of an American. For senior high and older readers. Alex Award. 2005Angels in the gloom: a novel (World War One Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 2005
Cambridge, England; 1916. After being wounded at Flanders, chaplain Joseph Reavley returns home to recuperate. When someone murders scientist Theo…
Blaine, Joseph searches the Scientific Establishment for the traitor, who may have also betrayed his parents. Sequel to Shoulder the Sky (RC 59439, BR 15592). 2005Beasts of no nation: a novel
Par Uzodinma Iweala. 2005
Schoolboy Agu is forced to join guerrilla fighters when civil war erupts in his West African nation. In the company…
of other child soldiers, he becomes disassociated from his comfortable family home and abruptly accustomed to brutality and killing as he seeks to please his commandant. Violence. 2005How I won the war (A Ballantine book #U6110)
Par Patrick Ryan. 1967
Lieutenant Ernest Goodbody is quite determined that his platoon is what will help win the war against the Germans. Except…
people around him keep dying as he bumbles his way across the battlefields of the European theater. 1963