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Swordbird
By Nancy Yi Fan. 2007
There is turmoil in Stone-Run Forest. Turnatt, a one-eyed hawk, enslaves woodbirds to build his fortress. Meanwhile the cardinals and…
blue jays are at war, each claiming the other stole their eggs. According to legend, the powerful Swordbird can restore peace, if only he will appear. Grades 3-6. 2007There's no escape: an adventure story (New windmill series)
By Ian Serraillier. 1950
A brilliant scientist disappears in his small mountainous country and Peter Howarth is sent, at great risk to his life,…
to try to find him and his radar beam camera. Grades 2-4. 1950.Tomorrow, when the war began
By John Marsden. 1993
A group of Australian teenagers decide to spend a week in the bush instead of attending the annual fair with…
their families. At their remote campsite, they notice an unusual number of planes flying over but think nothing of it until they return home. There they find their families gone, their pets left to die, and the phones and electricity out. Some violence. Junior and senior high and older readers.Voices of danger
By Alick Rowe. 1990
Alex Davies and Seb Carpenter are 16-year-old Cathedral choristers when the Great War is about to become the horror of…
the Somme. The boys enlist under age and are sent to the Somme, the target of a terrifying surprise German raid on Pave. For junior high readers and older. 1990.Transport 7-41-R
By T Degens. 1974
A 13-year-old girl commits herself to help an old man and his ill wife on a train carrying refugees from…
East Germany to Cologne. For junior and senior high readers. 1974.Shell-shocked (Camp X. #4)
By Eric Walters. 2009
Jack and George have assumed new identities and are back at work as special operatives, keeping an eye out for…
suspicious activity at an ammunitions plant. They don't have to wait long before they uncover a plot by German spies to blow up the plant and everyone in it! It's up to the quick-thinking boys to find a way to stop them and stay alive while doing it. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "Camp X; Fool's gold" (DC38284). Followed by "Trouble in paradise". For junior high readers. 2009. (Camp X ; 4)Ride proud, Rebel
By Andre Norton. 1961
The book thief
By Markus Zusak. 2005
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 they are hiding, as well as their neighbours. For Junior High readers. Some strong language. 2005.The silver sword
By Ian Serraillier. 1956
Ruth, Edek and Bronia are left to survive on the streets of bombed Warsaw after their father's arrest by the…
Nazis and their mother's transportation to a German labour camp. The silver sword, a simple paperknife, becomes their talisman and inspires them with courage on their journey to Switzerland. Grades 2-4.Music on the Bamboo Radio
By Martin Booth. 1998
Nicholas, separated from his parents during the capture of Hong Kong in World War II, is smuggled to the mainland…
disguised as a Chinese boy. As he grows up he witnesses the atrocities and deprivations of the Japanese occupation and is drawn into the Communist resistance activities.Sweet clarinet
By James Riordan. 1999
Billy thinks growing up in wartime is fun - falling bombs, fiery skies. That is, until a bomb falls on…
him. From that moment on, Billy's life will never be the same again. Horribly burned, Billy longs for death - but the precious gift he receives might just give him something to live for ... and some hope for the future.No roof in Bosnia
By Els De Groen. 1997
Aida, on the run in Bosnia after being separated from her mother, comes across a devastated village. An old lady,…
Antonia, lives alone in the ruins of her house and she offers Aida food and a bed. Aida learns that Antonia helps four other young people hiding out nearby. As the war and danger swirl around the five teengers -- Muslim, Croat, Serb and Romany -- their stories are told. Junior high.Stones in water
By Donna Jo Napoli. 1999
This novel is set in World War II, about how a young Italian boy and his friends were taken by…
the Germans and put in labour camps. This is the story of how they endured beatings, starvation, and freezing tempartures, and of how some of them survived. Grades 5-8.Postcards from no man's land
By Aidan Chambers. 1999
When Jacob Todd goes to Amsterdam to visit his grandfather's grave and commemorate the Battle of Arnhem he has the…
opportunity to learn about what his grandfather's life was like during the war. The story of Jacob's visit to Amsterdam is told parallel to the story of his grandfather's time in the city during the war. For Senior High readers.The lights go on again
By Kit Pearson. 1999
It's 1945, and ten-year-old Gavin and his older sister, Norah, have lived in Toronto for five years as English war…
guests of an elderly Canadian lady and her daughter, who have grown to love the children. As the war draws to a close, the children's parents are killed in an air raid. Unlike Norah, Gavin cannot remember his parents and feels no grief. When their grandfather comes to take them back to England, Gavin must decide where his heart lies and where his home will be. Grades 4-7. Sequel to The Sky Is Falling (EB64937). 1999.Naomi's road
By Joy Kogawa, Matt Gould. 1986
Le plus grand matin du monde: roman
By Kochka. 2006
1990. Après quinze années de guerre civile, la paix est en passe d'être signée au Liban. Mais, dans un hôpital…
parisien, Élie est dans le coma. Son père Jacques Morhange ne comprend pas. S'il avait fait le choix de ne pas quitter Beyrouth au plus fort des bombardements, il avait néanmoins mis sa famille à l'abri, loin. La guerre peut-elle tuer à distance ? -- 4e de couv.Winnie's Great War
By Lindsay Mattick, Josh Greenhut. 2018
From the creative team behind the bestselling Finding Winnie, winner of the Caldecott Medal, comes an extraordinary wartime adventure seen…
through the eyes of the world’s most beloved bearHere is a heartwarming reimagining of the real journey undertaken by the extraordinary bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. Follow Winnie’s war adventure—from her early days with her mother in the Canadian forest, to her remarkable travels with the Veterinary Corps across the country and overseas, and all the way to the London Zoo, where she met Christopher Robin Milne and inspired the creation of the world’s most famous bear. This beautifully told story is a triumphant blending of deep research and magnificent imagination. Infused with Sophie Blackall’s irresistible renderings of an endearing bear, the book is also woven through with entries from Captain Harry Colebourn’s real wartime diaries and contains a selection of artifacts from the Colebourn family archives. The result is a one-of-a-kind exploration into the realities of war, the meaning of courage and the indelible power of friendship, all told through the historic adventures of one extraordinary bear.Jules et Jim: frères d'armes
By Jacques Goldstyn. 2018
Jules et Jim sont inséparables. Depuis leur enfance, ils forment un duo complice. Quand la Grande Guerre éclate, Jules et…
Jim s'engagent dans l'armée. Devenus frères d'armes, ils combattent avec courage et puisent leurs forces dans leur amitié.The Dollmaker of Krakow
By R. M. Romero. 2017
In the vein of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Number the Stars, this fusion of fairy tales, folklore,…
and World War II history eloquently illustrates the power of love and the inherent will to survive even in the darkest of times. In the land of dolls, there is magic. In the land of humans, there is war. Everywhere there is pain. But together there is hope. Karolina is a living doll whose king and queen have been overthrown. But when a strange wind spirits her away from the Land of the Dolls, she finds herself in KrakOw, Poland, in the company of the Dollmaker, a man with an unusual power and a marked past. The Dollmaker has learned to keep to himself, but Karolina's courageous and compassionate manner lead him to smile and to even befriend a violin-playing father and his daughter-that is, once the Dollmaker gets over the shock of realizing a doll is speaking to him. But their newfound happiness is dashed when Nazi soldiers descend upon Poland. Karolina and the Dollmaker quickly realize that their Jewish friends are in grave danger, and they are determined to help save them, no matter what the risks.