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The darkest corner of the world
By Urve Tamberg. 2012
Who can you turn to when the only choice is between two evils? In 1941, fifteen-year-old Madli hopes that the…
Soviet occupation is temporary, but when the neighbours are deported, she knows that lives are in danger. Days later, the Nazis invade her country. Friends and family find themselves divided as they try to choose which dictator they'd rather live under: Hitler or Stalin. Madli is horrified by either choice, but how long can she remain neutral? Every day brings new dangers and unimaginable decisions. In order to survive, Madli knows she can't fight the enemy, so she is determined to outwit them. For senior high readers. 2012.The girls they left behind
By Bernice Thurman Hunter. 2005
Seventeen-year-old Beryl, living in Toronto in 1943, is sick of being left behind, sad and lonely, while the boys go…
off to exciting adventures in wartime Europe. Her friends have lost boyfriends overseas, some to war, some to British girlfriends. Then her favourite cousin goes missing during a bombing mission in Germany. Based on the author's own memories of teen life during World War II. For junior and senior high readers. 2005.The bully boys
By Eric Walters. 2000
While the War of 1812 rages, Tom Roberts, fourteen, is left behind to look after the family farm. That all…
changes when he stops some American soldiers from robbing the local store. His quick thinking and bravery catch the eye of Lieutenant James FitzGibbon and lead to Tom joining the Bully Boys, FitzGibbon's unit. There Tom learns more about the fascination, and the horror, of war than he ever wanted to know. Junior high readers. 2000.The boy in the striped pyjamas
By John Boyne. 2006
Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted…
by his people. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2006.The blue helmet
By William Bell. 2006
Lee wants to be a Tarantula - a member of the biggest, most powerful gang in his neighbourhood. But when…
his initiation goes wrong and the police catch him robbing an auto supply store, Lee's father sends him to live with his aunt. He initially resists Aunt Reena and the customers of her café, but slowly learns to open himself up to his new surroundings. When Lee strikes up an unlikely friendship he is suddenly confronted by the ravages of violence, and is forced to face the consequences of his own aggression. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006.Soldier doll
By Jennifer Gold. 2014
When fifteen-year-old Elizabeth finds an antique doll in a garage sale, she thinks it would be a good gift for…
her dad who's about to ship out for Afghanistan. She doesn't realize that the doll might be a missing (and valuable) historical artifact. With the help of Evan, the cute guy who works at the local used bookstore, Elizabeth discovers that the doll is THE soldier doll: the inspiration for a famous World War I poem. Elizabeth becomes the newest link in an epic history of more than a century of war, her story ingeniously interwoven with a cast of characters who we follow from World War I to Nazi Germany in the 1930s, a Czech concentration camp during World War II, Vietnam in 1970, and the aftermath of September 11th. For junior and senior high readers. 2014.Shattered
By Eric Walters, Roméo A Dallaire. 2006
Fifteen-year-old Ian decides to work at "The Club" for his community service - but it turns out to be a…
soup kitchen in a bad part of town, and he is nearly mugged going there. He's saved by a pipe-wielding homeless man, a former soldier named Jacques who was stationed in Rwanda. Can Ian help Jacques, a man who has lost everything but his nightmarish memories? Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2007 White Pine Award. 2006.Shadows on a sword: the second book of the Crusades (The Crusades ; #2)
By Karleen Bradford. 1996
Theo, a passionate young knight, can't wait to embark on the Holy Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. Along with his friend…
Amalric, a fellow knight, and Emma, a servant girl, he is ready to fight. But for all their conviction, none of these young people is prepared for the realities of war - for its brutality, the ways it will divide them, and the life and death choices it offers. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "There will be wolves" (DC14007), followed by "Lionheart's scribe" (DC19721). 1996. (The Crusades ; 2)PoW
By Martin Booth. 2000
Fifteen-year-old Ted Foley, a ship's boy on the HMS Nomad, is captured by the Germans after his boat is sunk…
during World War I. No one escapes from his prisoner of war camp, deep in the heart of Germany. Ted watches prisoners freeze to death during the winters and get shot for trying to escape, and decides that he must get away somehow. He'll need maps, money, and luck - but he thinks he knows a way out. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.Nobody's child
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. 2003
When the Armenians of Turkey are marched into the desert to die in 1915, Mariam is rescued by her Turkish…
friend Rustem, and lives with mixed acceptance as a guest in his father's harem. Kevork is shot and left for dead in a mass grave in the desert, but is rescued by nomadic Arabs and nurtured back to health. Both teens must choose between the security of an adopted home or the risk of death in search of family. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The Hunger". For senior high readers. 2003.Magnus
By Sylvie Germain. 2005
Franz, le héros de Magnus, est né avant la guerre en Allemagne. De son enfance, il ne lui reste aucun…
souvenir, sa mémoire est aussi vide qu'au jour de sa naissance. Il lui faut tout réapprendre, ou plutôt désapprendre ce passé qu'on lui a inventé et dont le seul témoin est un ours en peluche à l'oreille roussie : Magnus. Prix Goncourt des lycéens, 2005. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2005.And in the morning
By John Wilson. 2003
Jim Hay is 15, thinks war is a glorious adventure, and cannot wait for his turn to fight. But when…
he does at last join up, what he discovers in the trenches of France is enough to dispel any romantic view of war. While his longing for adventure is replaced by a basic need to survive, the final tragic outcome is one he never dreamed of. Descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2003.How I live now
By Meg Rosoff. 2004
To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her…
aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land. Some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2004.Enfant volée
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. 2010
Nadia Krawchuk arrive au Canada à la fin de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale après avoir passé cinq années dans un…
camp de réfugiés. Mais bientôt, des souvenirs troublants et des cauchemars viennent hanter son esprit. Elle se rappelle une famille... une famille de nazis portant l'uniforme... d'Hitler? Doit-elle croire ce que lui révèlent ses rêves? Les nazis croyaient en la supériorité des peuples nordiques. Dans le but de faire croître sa population de race aryenne , ils avaient mis sur pied un programme affreux appelé Lebensborn. On encourageait des soldats SS à se reproduire avec des femmes de la race supérieure . Les nazis croyaient aussi qu'il y avait, dans les pays Slaves, des sujets égarés de race aryenne. Pour en récupérer, des enfants étaient kidnappés, puis envoyés dans des maisons Lebensborn pour y être testés et soumis au lavage de cerveau. 2010. Titre uniforme: Stolen child.Camp 30 (Camp X ; #2)
By Eric Walters. 2004
Jack and George have barely recovered from their ordeal in Camp X when they are relocated to Bowmanville, Ontario, where…
their mother has been offered a clerking job in a prisoner of war camp holding the highest ranking German officers. Soon the boys are offered the after-school job of delivering the camp's mail, and Canadian agents ask them to keep their eyes and ears open for possible escape plans. It is a matter of loyalty to their homeland that the German prisoners must try to escape, even if it costs them their lives - and the lives of two boys in the wrong place at the wrong time. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "Camp X". Followed by "Camp X: Fool's gold" (DC38284). For junior high readers. 2004. (Camp X ; 2)War dog: a novel
By Martin Booth. 1996
Autumn 1939 and Britain is at war. Jet, the poacher's dog, is taken into the army when her owner is…
sent to prison. She is trained to run an assault course, track the enemy and rescue the injured. Soon after, she is sent away to France on active service. Will Jet survive - and will she ever find her much-loved owner again? Junior high readers.Camp X (Camp X ; #1)
By Eric Walters. 2002
It's 1943 and George and his older brother Jack are living in Whitby, Ontario. Their father is fighting World War…
II in Europe and their mother works in a munitions factory. One afternoon the boys stumble across Camp X, a secret spy base. In the most exciting summer of their lives, George and Jack find themselves enlisted in the fight against the Axis powers. Winner of the 2003 Silver Birch Award. Followed by "Camp 30" (EB72862). For junior high readers. 2002. (Camp X ; 1)The final journey
By Gudrun Pausewang. 1996
Since Hitler came to power, Alice, a young Jewish girl, had lived hidden with her grandparents in the basement of…
her former home. But they were discovered. Grandmother has been taken away, and Alice and her grandfather herded into a crowded cattle-truck to begin a journey to an unknown destination. But what tragic fate awaits her at the journey's end? Junior high readers. Uniform title: Reise im August.The battlefield ghost
By Margery Cuyler. 1999
Eight-year-old John Perkins's family moves into an old farmhouse. From the first day, John is convinced the house is haunted.…
His twelve-year old sister Lisa soon senses a spooky presence as well. When John and Lisa meet the ghost, they learn that he is a Revolutionary War soldier who needs their help in solving a mystery surrounding his horse, who was separated from him during a bloody battle. Grades K-3. 1999.Au petit matin (Deux solitudes, jeunesse ; #38)
By John Wilson, Laurent Chabin. 2004
Jim Hay a quinze ans lorsque la Première Guerre mondiale éclate. Il pense que la guerre est une aventure glorieuse…
et il a très hâte d'aller en découdre avec les Allemands. Son père s'est enrôlé en août 1914. Comme il n'a pas l'âge de s'engager à ses côtés, Jim doit se contenter de confier ses pensées et ses rêves à son journal. Au fil du temps qui passe, la vie simple de Jim se complique sérieusement. Son père est tué au front et sa mère sombre dans une profonde dépression. Lorsqu'il réussit enfin à s'enrôler pour la guerre, il y trouve d'avantage un refuge que la gloire. Ce que Jim découvre dans les tranchées, sur le sol français, est à l'opposé de la vision romantique qu'il avait de la guerre. Sa belle aventure devient un effort de chaque instant pour survivre et son rêve de jeunesse se transforme en affreuse tragédie. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. Titre uniforme: And in the morning.