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Mother night
By Kurt Vonnegut. 1970
Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War…
II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all. Contains some descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some violenceDaughters of the night sky
By Aimie K. Runyan. 2018
Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova has long dreamed of flying. When she finishes her training at a military outpost, she is…
recruited for a female bomber regiment tasked with attacking the Germans. The regiment becomes known as the Night Witches, and their lives are forever changed. Some violence. 2018Step up to the plate, Maria Singh
By Uma Krishnaswami. 2017
1945. Young Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls Softball League at her…
school in Yuba City, California. Meanwhile her family deals with discrimination because of their mixed Mexican and Indian ethnic background. For grades 3-6. 2017In Farleigh Field: a novel
By Rhys Bowen. 2017
England, 1941. Although an airplane crash kept Ben Cresswell out of battle, he is working for MI5 searching for spies.…
When a failed parachute jump leaves a suspicious corpse in his neighbors' Farleigh Place field, Ben investigates. Meanwhile, Pamela Sutton from Farleigh is secretly a government codebreaker. Some strong language. Agatha Award. 2017Siege: how General Washington kicked the British out of Boston and launched a revolution
By Roxane Orgill. 2018
A novel in verse. Story of the siege of Boston that launched the war to defeat the British. Follows the…
events from the summer of 1775 to the spring of 1776, and gives voice to the soldiers and civilians of that time. For grades 6-9. 2018Náufragos en tierra
By Oscar Vela. 2017
Bogota, 2014. César Gómez Hernández reflects back on a long and memorable life, whose turning point was the voyage to…
Cuba aboard the Granma in 1956 with Fidel Castro and eighty guerrillas to overthrow the Batista dictatorship. Violence. Spanish language. 2017Jazz owls: a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
By Margarita Engle, Rudy Gutierrez. 2018
A novel in verse. In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day, then…
jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot-suit wearing younger brother, Ray. But one night, racial violence leads to murder. Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2018El niño con el pijama de rayas (Letras de bolsillo #80)
By John Boyne. 2009
Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un niño de nueve años, Bruno, está consternado cuando su familia se traslada de Berlín a una…
casa de campo remota. Se esfuerza por entender por qué él no puede ser amigo de un niño al otro lado de una cerca de alambre. Traducido del inglés. Para grados 6 a 9 y lectores mayoresThe Venice Sketchbook
By Rhys Bowen. 2021
Love and secrets collide in Venice during WWII in an enthralling novel of brief encounters and lasting romance by the…
New York Times best-selling author of The Tuscan Child and Above the Bay of Angels. Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper...Venice. Caroline’s quest: to scatter Juliet “Lettie” Browning’s ashes in the city she loved and to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than 60 years. It’s 1938 when art teacher Juliet Browning arrives in romantic Venice. For her students, it’s a wealth of history, art, and beauty. For Juliet, it’s poignant memories and a chance to reconnect with Leonardo Da Rossi, the man she loves whose future is already determined by his noble family. However star-crossed, nothing can come between them. Until the threat of war closes in on Venice and they’re forced to fight, survive, and protect a secret that will bind them forever. Key by key, Lettie’s life of impossible love, loss, and courage unfolds. It’s one that Caroline can now make right again as her own journey of self-discovery begins.Louder Than Words (The Heroes Quartet #3)
By Kathy Kacer. 2020
Heroic actions speak volumes in a powerful middle grade novel based on real WWII events. Life is becoming ever more…
terrifying for the Jewish community as the Second World War envelops their lives. For twelve-year-old Dina and her sisters, things get even harder when their father dies. Their mother must go back to work and despite many objections, the family adjusts to the arrival of their new housekeeper, Nina, who is not Jewish. But Nina’s role changes dramatically when the Nazis invade their small Ukrainian town. Nina sacrifices her own safety to make sure the children she has come to love are kept from the clutches of the Nazis, and Dina comes to depend on her in a way she never imagined she would. The third novel in Kathy Kacer’s acclaimed Heroes Quartet series, Louder Than Words is based on the true story of one woman’s incredible heroism in the most dangerous of circumstances. It is a another affecting testament to the unsung heroes of World War II who, at great personal risk, saved the lives of strangers.Secrets in the Shadows
By Heige S. Boehm. 2020
Secrets in the Shadows is the account of best friends Michael and Wolfie who are boys growing up in Nazi…
Germany. Both of them are delighted to join the Hitler Youth. But by the time the boys are twelve, a devastating event turns their world upside down. On a school trip to Berlin, the boys see a beautiful Jewish girl boarding the train with her mother. Shortly after, a horrified Michael witnesses their brutal murder - the result of ant-Semitism. As a result, Michael's loyalty to Hitler begins to show cracks. In 1943 when Michael turns sixteen, his father orders him to volunteer with the 12th SS Hitler Youth Panzer unit. Wolfie joins as well. Boehm shows them on the grim battlefields fighting hand-to-hand in the villages and towns, sometimes against the Canadians. Seeing what is happening on the battlefield, they come to reject the Nazi regime and its propaganda. In the final showdown, Michael and Wolfie are ordered to travel to Berlin, and it is there they confront the secrets that lie in the shadows of the past.We are all that's left
By Carrie Arcos. 2018
Nadja, a survivor from war-torn Bosnia, refuses to discuss her youth with her daughter, Zara, until both are traumatized by…
a terrorist attack in a Rhode Island farmer's market. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Until tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth
By Sheila O'Connor. 2018
Desperate to keep her older brother from being drafted in the Vietnam War, eleven-year-old Reenie strikes up an unlikely friendship…
through letters with Mr. Marsworth, an elderly recluse who helps her in her mission. For grades 4-7. 2018The length of a string
By Elissa Brent Weissman. 2018
Twelve-year-old Imani, the only black girl in Hebrew school, is preparing for her bat mitzvah and hoping to find her…
birth parents. Then she discovers the history of adoption in her own family through her great-grandma Anna's Holocaust-era diary. For grades 5-8. 2018The assassins
By Joe Musser, Oliver North. 2006
On the anniversary of 9/11, Jihadists attack multiple targets in Saudi Arabia. Peter Newman is assigned to head a unit…
with the authority to recruit and train specialists whose mission will be to assassinate terrorists. Sequel to The Jericho Sanction (DB 93539). Some violence. 2005Escape from Aleppo
By N. H. Senzai. 2018
After Nadia is separated from her family while fleeing Syria's civil war, she teams up with a mysterious old man.…
Together they navigate the checkpoints and snipers of the rebel, ISIS, and Syrian armies in Aleppo as they travel to the Turkish border. Some violence. For grades 5-8. 2018A passage north: A novel
By Anuk Arudpragasam. 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A young man journeys into Sri Lanka&’s war-torn north in this searing novel of…
longing, loss, and the legacy of war from the author of The Story of a Brief Marriage . &“One of the most individual minds of their generation . &”— Financial Times &“A novel of tragic power and uncommon beauty.&”—Anthony Marra A Passage North begins with a message from out of the blue: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother&’s caretaker, Rani, has died under unexpected circumstances—found at the bottom of a well in her village in the north, her neck broken by the fall. The news arrives on the heels of an email from Anjum, an impassioned yet aloof activist Krishnan fell in love with years before while living in Delhi, stirring old memories and desires from a world he left behind. As Krishan makes the long journey by train from Colombo into the war-torn Northern Province for Rani&’s funeral, so begins an astonishing passage into the innermost reaches of a country. At once a powerful meditation on absence and longing, as well as an unsparing account of the legacy of Sri Lanka&’s thirty-year civil war, this procession to a pyre &“at the end of the earth&” lays bare the imprints of an island&’s past, the unattainable distances between who we are and what we seek. Written with precision and grace, Anuk Arudpragasam&’s masterful novel is an attempt to come to terms with life in the wake of devastation, and a poignant memorial for those lost and those still aliveRadar girls
By Sara Ackerman. 2021
"A fresh, delightful romp of a novel."—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code * SheReads Most…
Anticipated Historical Fiction of Summer 2021 pick * Book Reporter Summer Reading pick * BiblioLifestyle Most Anticipated Summer 2021 Historical Fiction Books selection * Greatist Best Historical Fiction Books pick * An extraordinary story inspired by the real Women's Air Raid Defense, where an unlikely recruit and her sisters-in-arms forge their place in WWII history. Daisy Wilder prefers the company of horses to people, bare feet and salt water to high heels and society parties. Then, in the dizzying aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Daisy enlists in a top secret program, replacing male soldiers in a war zone for the first time. Under fear of imminent invasion, the WARDs guide pilots into blacked-out airstrips and track unidentified planes across Pacific skies. But not everyone thinks the women are up to the job, and the new recruits must rise above their differences and work side by side despite the resistance and heartache they meet along the way. With America's future on the line, Daisy is determined to prove herself worthy. And with the man she's falling for out on the front lines, she cannot fail. From radar towers on remote mountaintops to flooded bomb shelters, she'll need her new team when the stakes are highest. Because the most important battles are fought—and won—together. This inspiring and uplifting tale of pioneering, unsung heroines vividly transports the reader to wartime Hawaii, where one woman's call to duty leads her to find courage, strength and sisterhood. "A wow of a book...[that is] a captivating story of friendship, heartbreak and true love. Highly recommend!" —Karen Robards, New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan of ParisTom clancy target acquired (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel)
By Don Bentley. 2021
Jack Ryan, Jr., will do anything for a friend, but this favor will be paid for in blood in the…
latest electric entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Jack Ryan, Jr. would do anything for Ding Chavez. That's why Jack is currently sitting in an open-air market in Israel, helping a CIA team with a simple job. The man running the mission, Peter Beltz, is an old friend from Ding's Army days. Ding hadn't seen his friend since Peter's transfer to the CIA eighteen months prior, and intended to use the assignment to reconnect. Unfortunately, Ding had to cancel at the last minute and asked Jack to take his place. It's a cushy assignment—a trip to Israel in exchange for a couple hours of easy work, but Jack could use the downtime after his last operation. Jack is here merely as an observer, but when he hastens to help a woman and her young son, he finds himself the target of trained killers. Alone and outgunned, Jack will have to use all his skills to protect the life of the childAn honorable war: a novel of Captain Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, USN (Honor Series #13)
By Robert N. Macomber. 2017
Cuba, 1898. After the USS Maine explodes in Havana's harbor, Captain Peter Wake is drawn into the beginnings of a…
war he has predicted for twelve years. He recalls everything he did to prevent this war and is drawn into more intrigues as it begins to rage. Some violence. 2017