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Dash (Dogs Of World War Ii Ser.)
By Kirby Larson. 2014
When her family is forced into a Japanese internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and…
her beloved dog, Dash. Heartbroken, Mitsi clings to her one connection to Dash: the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for him. For grades 3-6. 2014The war that saved my life
By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. 2015
Ten-year-old Ada, who has a twisted foot, and her brother, Jamie, escape from London to the English countryside during World…
War II. There, along with their new guardian, Susan Smith, they discover a sweeter life away from the clutches of their cruel mother. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2015Jump into the sky
By Shelley Pearsall. 2012
1945. Thirteen-year-old Levi searches for his father, whom he has not seen in three years. He leaves Chicago for segregated…
North Carolina and finally ends up in Pendleton, Oregon. There Levi learns that his father's unit, the all-black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, finally has a mission. For grades 6-9. 2012Warriors in the crossfire
By Bo Flood. 2010
Saipan, South Pacific; 1944. Amid the horror of warfare between the Japanese and Americans, Joseph and his half-Japanese friend Kento…
take responsibility for their families' survival, hiding supplies in a cave and risking death to obtain drinking water. Violence. For grades 6-9. 2010The immortals (The edge Chronicles Ser. #No. 10)
By Paul Stewart. 2010
Nate Quarter, a lowly lamplighter in the phraxmines of the Eastern Woods, must flee for his life when the mine…
sergeant wants him killed. Elsewhere, a storm unlike any ever seen is building. Conclusion to series. For grades 6-9. 2009The FitzOsbornes in exile (The montmaray Journals)
By Michelle Cooper. 2011
In these fictional journal excerpts from the late 1930s, Princess Sophia FitzOsborne of Montmaray records her royal family's luxurious exile…
in England and their determination to save their island home from the occupying Germans. Sequel to A Brief History of Montmaray (BR 18978). For grades 6-9. 2010Strike: The SYLO Chronicles #3 (The SYLO Chronicles #3)
By D. J. MacHale. 2014
While on the run from the SYLO team, Tucker, Tori, and Kent are driven directly into another base of the…
enemy, where they become prisoners and await their fate. Sequel to Storm (DB 78436). Some violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2014Heart of a shepherd
By Rosanne Parry. 2009
Eleven-year-old Ignatius Alderman--called "Brother"--promises to keep his family's Oregon ranch just as it is until his father returns from the…
war in Iraq. Brother's Quaker grandparents and his own Catholic faith help him face new challenges, like a wildfire that threatens the ranch. For grades 5-8. 2009The boy who dared
By 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. 2008Storm: The SYLO Chronicles #2 (The SYLO Chronicles #2)
By D. J. MacHale. 2014
Tucker and his surviving friends, from SYLO (DB 77104), escape the quarantine on Pemberwick Island only to find the mainland…
caught in the middle of a battle between the air force and the navy. The teens search for answers. Some violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2014Lily's crossing
By 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. 1997The silver donkey
By Sonya Hartnett. 2004
France, World War I. An English army deserter, blinded by war and clutching a small silver donkey good-luck charm, is…
discovered in the woods by two young sisters. He relates four tales about donkeys while the girls arrange his return home across the Channel. For grades 5-8. 2004When my name was Keoko
By Linda Sue Park. 2002
Thirteen-year-old Tae-yul and his younger sister, Sun-hee, take turns recounting what happened to their family in Korea while under Japanese…
occupation during World War II. As the Japanese tried to suppress Korean culture, even people's names were changed--Sun-hee was called Keoko. For grades 6-9. 2002Summer of the war
By Gloria Whelan. 2006
Michigan, 1942. With their parents working for the war effort, Mirabelle and her siblings travel to live with their grandparents…
on Turtle Island. Fourteen-year-old Belle is resentful when her more sophisticated fifteen-year-old cousin Caroline joins them, but during the summer they become real family. For grades 6-9. 2006The Wednesday wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
By Gary D. Schmidt. 2007
Long Island, 1967. Seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood knows that Mrs. Baker "hates his guts" because she would have Wednesday afternoons free…
if he went to catechism or Hebrew school like his classmates. Mrs. Baker worries about her husband in Vietnam and introduces a reluctant Holling to Shakespeare. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor. 2007Emil and Karl
By Jacob Glatstein. 2006
Vienna, Austria; 1940. Two nine-year-old boys, one Jewish and one not, remain best friends despite the Nazi occupation's policy of…
racial hatred. After being orphaned, they rely on each other and the help of strangers while trying to escape the city. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1940War Stories
By Gordon Korman. 2020
A story of telling truth from lies - and finding out what being a hero really means.There are two things…
Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America.Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war - from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there's more to the story than what he's heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather's heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and importance of genuine valor.Heroes don't run: A Novel of the Pacific War (Boy at War Ser.)
By Harry Mazer. 2005
1944. To honor his father, who died during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, seventeen-year-old Adam Pelko eagerly enlists…
in the Marine Corps. Adam goes through boot camp and faces combat on the tiny island Okinawa. Sequel to Boy No More (DB 59432). For grades 6-9. 2005Marika
By Andrea Cheng. 2002
World War II. Although Marika has been raised Catholic, her family name, Schnurmacher, reveals her Jewish heritage. This legacy is…
dangerous because Marika lives in Hungary, where Jews face discrimination and persecution. For grades 6-9. 2002A boy no more
By Harry Mazer. 2004
After his father is killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Adam, his mother, and sister are evacuated to California.…
Adam deals with his feelings about the war, Japanese internment camps, and his own identity. Sequel to Boy at War (RC 52594, BR 13647). For grades 6-9. 2004