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World War, 1939-1945

Flags of Our Fathers

James Bradley

Bat 6

Virginia Euwer Wolff

In small town, post-World War Oregon, twenty-one sixth-grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl's bigotry comes to the surface.

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man the

Escape From Warsaw

Ian Serraillier

During 1942 in Warsaw, Edek shoots a Nazi Storm Trooper. Edek and his two sisters must escape from the secret police.

Absolute Victory

Featuring photographs that illuminate the daily lives of soldiers and sailors, this book traces the last year of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific.

The Internment of the Japanese

Diane Yancey

This book discusses the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Stones in Water

Donna Jo Napoli

After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theater along with other Italian boys and his Jewish friend, Roberto escapes into the Ukrainian winter, before desperately trying to make his wa

World War Ii

Simon Adams

Provides a concise history of World War II including information about the Holocaust, the code-breaking Enigma, and the deadly V2 rocket.

Other Bells for Us to Ring

Robert Cormier

When her father is transferred to an army camp in Massachusetts during the Second World War, Darcy feels isolated in her French-Canadian neighborhood until she meets the vivacious Kathleen Mary O'Hara

The Hiding Place

Corrie Ten Boom

True story of two sisters sent to a Nazi concentration camp for helping Jews, and how they survived.

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