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Burning for revenge (Tomorrow series. #5.)
By John Marsden. 1998
When you're on your knees there's only one thing to do - stand up again! Ellie and her friends have…
stared defeat in the face. They have felt its hot breath. They have been bashed and battered by it, brought to breaking point. Now it's time to hit back. Now it's time to come out fighting. Now they really are Burning For Revenge! Sequel to "Darkness, be my friend" (DC28213); followed by "The night is for hunting" (DC28216). For junior and senior high readers. 1998. (Tomorrow series ; 5)April morning
By Howard Fast. 1988
Along the tracks
By Tamar Bergman. 1991
Escaping German persecution during World War II, eight-year-old Yankele and his Jewish family leave Poland for Russia. They find refuge…
in Crimea, only to be displaced again by a Nazi invasion. Yankele is separated from his family and begins an arduous journey walking and hopping freight trains, searching for his mother. He befriends other "abandoned ones" trying to survive in war-torn Europe. Junior high and older. 1991. Uniform title: Le-orekh ha-mesilah.After the war: The Story Behind Exodus
By Carol Matas. 1996
World War II is over, and Buchenwald has been liberated. At 15, Ruth Mendenberg is alone and has no where…
to go. She joins an underground movement to smuggle illegal immigrants to Palestine, and risks her life to lead a group of children to Eretz Israel. Winner of the 1998 Red Maple Award. For junior high readers. c1996.A place to claim as home
By Patricia Willis. 1991
1943. As the nation's male work force goes off to war, thirteen-year-old Henry Compton goes to work in Ohio on…
Sarah Morrison's farm. Although Sarah is taciturn, Henry, an orphan who never knew his parents, nevertheless grows fond of her. He becomes intrigued by local gossip that she gave up an illegitimate baby in 1930. Henry dwells on the rumors of Sarah's past and comes to believe that she is his mother. Junior high and older. c1991.A certain magic
By Doris Orgel. 1975
Jenny's accidental discovery of a diary that her aunt kept as a girl during World War II leads to old…
secrets and a mystery that continues into the present. Grades 5-8. 1975.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.Les arbres pleurent aussi ((Varia).)
By Irène Cohen-Janca. 2009
150 ans, c'est une courte vie pour un marronnier. Menacé par les parasites qui le rongent, l'arbre se souvient de…
la vie trop courte de cette jeune fille qui vécut deux années clandestines au 163, Canal de l'Empereur. Par sa lucarne, elle l'observait et décrivait dans son journal ses transformations au fil des saisons, signe que le temps passait et que, dehors, la vie continuait... Elle s'appelait Anne Frank, c'était à Amsterdam, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Au marronnier, maintenant, de raconter son histoire. Années 3-6.Le temps des miracles
By Anne-Laure Bondoux. 2009
Lorsque les douaniers trouvent Blaise Fortune, douze ans, tapi au fond d'un camion à la frontière française, il est seul.…
Il répète sans cesse qu'il est un citoyendelarépubliquedefrance . Mais son passeport est trafiqué, et en dehors de ces quelques mots, il ne parle que le russe. Il ne peut pas expliquer les événements qui l'ont conduit du Caucase jusqu'ici, dans le pays des droits de l'homme et de Charles Baudelaire. Et surtout, il a perdu Gloria en cours de route. Gloria Bohème, avec qui il a vécu libre, malgré la guerre, malgré les frontières, malgré la misère et la peur. Car cette femme, au coeur immense, avait un don : celui d'enchanter la vie... Quelques années plus tard, Blaise peut enfin raconter son histoire. Et la pure vérité, c'est qu'on n'est pas près de l'oublier. -- 4e de couv.Le fil à recoudre les âmes (Médium)
By Jean-Jacques Greif. 2012
Kenichiro croyait être un Américain comme les autres. Mais le 7 décembre 1941, lorsque les Japonais déclenchent la guerre en…
attaquant Pearl Harbor, l'adolescent né à Los Angeles devient brusquement un ' Jap ', un étranger ennemi, comme tous les Japonais installés aux États-Unis depuis plusieurs décennies. Les voilà devenus des espions potentiels qu'il faut éloigner des côtes. Kenichiro. sa mère, sa petite soeur et plusieurs milliers d'autres Japs se retrouvent au milieu du désert, dans un centre de réinstallation cerné par les barbelés. Officiellement, ils ne sont pas prisonniers, mais résidents. Les gardes armés ne sont pas des gardiens mais des conseillers de sécurité. Kenichiro préfère en rire dans les lettres qu'il envoie régulièrement à Mrs Moore, son ancien professeur d'anglais. Un jour, il lui annonce une nouvelle incroyable. Alors que la guerre fait rage, sa famille a accepté de quitter les États-Unis pour retourner vivre au Japon... non loin d'Hiroshima. Pour les lecteurs du collégial.La trêve de Noël
By Michael Morpurgo, Catherine Gibert. 2005
"Noël 1914. Ce jour-là, dans les tranchées du front ouest, Jim Macpherson, un jeune soldat anglais, écrit à sa fiancée…
pour lui raconter l'incroyable événement qu'il vient de vivre... Michael Morpurgo, l'auteur de Cheval de guerre et Soldat Peaceful, s'est inspiré d'un fait réel pour écrire cette histoire bouleversante de pudeur et d'émotion. Un message de paix et d'espoir". -- 4e couv. Titre uniforme: The best Christmas present in the world.The secret of the village fool
By Rebecca Upjohn. 2012
Based on a true story. Milek and his brother, Munio, live in a sleepy village in Poland. Anton, an odd…
neighbour, speaks to animals, feeds the flies, and only eats vegetables, so most people call him the village fool. When the war brings Nazi soldiers to town rounding up Jewish boys like Milek and Munio, Anton worries about them and comes up with a plan to hide the whole family in his own home, putting his own life at risk. The back of the book outlines what happened to Anton and the others after the war. Winner of the 2014 Silver Birch Express Award and the 2014 Golden Oak Award. Grades 3-6. 2012.The secret of Gabi's dresser (A holocaust Remembrance Ser.)
By Kathy Kacer. 1999
Gabi lives happily with her family in their Czechoslovakian village when the Nazis invade her country. Then she and the…
other Jewish children are harassed by their fellow students and deserted by former friends. When a rumour circulates that the Nazis are taking Jewish girls away from their families, Gabi realizes that she needs to find a hiding place, and quickly. Winner of the 2000 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. 1999.When the cherry blossoms fell (A cherry Blossom Book Ser. #1)
By Jennifer Maruno. 2009
Nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa bids her father good-bye before her birthday celebration. She doesn't know the government has ordered all Japanese-born…
men out of the province, or that ten days later, her family would join hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train to the interior of British Columbia. There are no paved roads, no streetlights and no streetcars, and their house is dirty and drafty. Michiko must face local prejudice, the worst winter in forty years, and her first Christmas without her father. Grades 2-4. 2009.The red badge of courage (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Stephen Crane, Emily Hutchinson. 1999
Henry Fleming, an unsophisticated country boy, enthusiastic to serve his country, enlists with the Union forces at the beginning of…
the Civil War. At first, the shock of war causes him to retreat and his heroic vision of himself fades. In the next battle, however, his courage revives as he carries forward the regiment's colours in a crucial advance. Adaptation of the American classic by Stephen Crane, originally published in 1895. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The thought of high windows
By Lynne Kositsky. 2004
Esther is a Jewish child taken from Germany to France by the Red Cross during World War II. After France's…
surrender to Germany, the situation becomes more dangerous for the refugees. Afraid that the Nazis will arrest her, Esther leaves the castle and eventually becomes involved with the Jewish Underground. For junior and senior high readers. 2004.