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The crossing
By Howard Fast. 1988
The deep: a novella
By Mary Swan. 2002
In France, 1918, identical twin sisters arrive to do war work. The journey there profoundly affects their relationship with each…
other. While they are exposed to the horror and confusion of the First World War, older tragic memories interweave themselves with this new reality. 2002.The devil laughs again
By Régine Deforges. 1988
As World War II escalates, Léa copes with the deaths of friends, including Camille, and the ruin of the family's…
vineyards. Yet she continues working for the Resistance, joins the Red Cross, and travels to Berlin, returning to Paris on the eve of liberation. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to "Léa" (DC19861). 1988. Uniform title: Diable en rit encore.The dead of the night (Tomorrow series. #2.)
By John Marsden. 1994
Six determined Australian teenagers try to find their missing friends while continuing to resist the enemies who have invaded their…
country. For junior high and older reader. Sequel to "Tomorrow, when the war began" (DC28219). Followed by "The third day, the frost" (DC28218). 1995, c1994. (Tomorrow series ; 2)The clarinet polka: A Novel (Raysburg Ser. #1)
By Keith Maillard. 2002
Discharged in 1969 after serving in Guam, non-combatant pilot Jimmy Koprowski returns to his parents' house in Raysburg, West Virginia.…
Trying to readjust though sex and booze, he begins a messy affair with Connie. But things really spiral out of control when his sister starts an all-girl Polka band, and Jimmy can't control his disturbing feelings for 15-year-old clarinet virtuoso Janice. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2002.The corvette (Nathaniel Drinkwater Ser. #Bk. 5)
By Richard Woodman. 1985
Commander Drinkwater is dispatched in haste to replace the captain of HMS "Melusine", who has been shot in a duel.…
"Melusine" sails as escort to the whaling fleet from Hull on its annual expedition to the Greenland Sea. During the whale hunt the loss of one of the vessels sets off a train of misfortune, disaster, death and treachery in this remote sea. Sequel to "The bomb vessel" (DC29184). 1985.The cut-rate kingdom: a novel
By Thomas Keneally. 1980
By 1942 the whole world is at war and Australia looks with alarm at the course of events in Asia.…
Prime Minister Johnny Mulhall and his reporter friend, "Paperboy" Tyson, share the same ambivalence: rallying the nation to action while feeling the burden of sending thousands of young men to Asia and certain death. The Japanese assault on Singapore has altered the balance of power: the old relationship with Britain is giving way to the new one with America. 1980.The custodian of paradise
By Wayne Johnston. 2006
Sheilagh Fielding - a striking, unconventional, six-foot-three Newfoundland columnist - has holed up on the island of Loreburn after her…
mother dies. There, Fielding senses the presence of her mysterious "Provider," who has shadowed her all her life and whom she has never met face-to-face. As Fielding tells her life story and keeps her secrets, her Provider draws closer. Sequel to "The colony of unrequited dreams" (DC17664). 2006.The conformist: a novel
By Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson. 1983
As a young boy Marcello feels a conflict between pleasure in violent acts - like killing lizards - and his…
desire to be "normal." His struggle continues into adulthood during the Mussolini era, until he receives an assignment that causes him to lose control. Basis for the 1970 film by Bernardo Bertolucci. Some violence. 1983, c1951. Uniform title: Conformista.The corner garden
By Lesley Krueger. 2003
Jessie Barfoot is 15, precocious, witty, and wounded, and has just moved to Toronto with her mother and new stepfather.…
She becomes curious about their cranky neighbour Martha, originally from the Netherlands, who is not only a superb gardener but someone who has been ferociously guarding a secret since she was Jessie's age. Once Jessie charms her way into the garden, Martha's past slowly becomes revealed, threatening both their futures. Strong language. 2003.The company of strangers
By Robert Wilson. 2001
In 1944, while the endgame of the intelligence war is silently being fought, Andrea Aspinall and Karl Voss enter the…
sophisticated world of the war. It is here in this corrupted paradise that they each attempt to find love. After a night of terrible violence Andrea is left with a secret which provokes a lifelong addiction to a clandestine world. In ice-gripped East Berlin, she discovers that the deepest secrets are held not by governments but by those closest to you. 2001.The communist's daughter
By Dennis Bock. 2006
Battlefield surgeon Norman Bethune - when not tending to Mao's starving army - is diligently writing a philosophical yet jarringly…
frank memoir for the daughter he has never seen. His musings over bombs, blood, betrayals, and lost love offer little in the way of comfort, providing trenchant insights into human nature instead. They reflect the troubled soul of a war-weary idealist whose dreams of a better world were battered by ugly reality. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006.The burning summer
By Claire Rayner. 1984
Ruthie Lee is seven, and England is at war. Brought back from the countryside to live with her mother and…
baby brother in London, she spends summer in the hot dusty streets and the warm companionship of the East End Jewish community. As if air-raids were not enough, there is a shadow across all their lives, for her father has deserted from the army, there is no money coming in, and soldiers are looking for him. 1984.The chains of fate (Goldhayes trilogy ; #2)
By Pamela Belle. 1987
Civil war raged over the land, and Thomazine married Dominic whom she could never love, believing her Francis to be…
dead. When she learned that Francis was alive she rode north, deserting her child, to find the man she loved. Time and again, her chains of fate would tear Thomazine and Francis apart, yet some day the chains of love must prove stronger. Sequel to "The moon in the water". Followed by "Alethea". 1987. (Goldhayes trilogy ; 2)The cellist of Sarajevo
By Steven Galloway. 2008
Sarajevo, 1992. A cellist plays Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor as a memorial on each of twenty-two days following a…
mortar attack that kills twenty-two citizens who are standing in a bread line. The music deeply affects a sniper, a father, and an older man. Inspired by historic events. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Winner of the 2009 Evergreen Award. 2008.The breadwinner (Breadwinner Ser. #1)
By Deborah Ellis. 2000
A story about loyalty, survival, families and friendship, set against the backdrop of an intolerable existence in war-torn Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old…
Parvana lives in Taliban-controlled Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. Masquerading as a boy, Parvana goes to work in the streets so that her family can eat. Parvana becomes the breadwinner. Grades 5-8. 2000.The breached wall (Wheels of fortune ; #3)
By Anita Burgh. 2007
Spring 1915. Far away in France, the Great War was not over by Christmas as was confidently predicted. It shows…
no sign of ending, and the peaceful calm of Cresswell Manor in Devon has been shattered. It is now a convalescent home for soldiers from the Front. The old social order is crumbling as surely as time begins to breach the walls of the ancient manor house. Sequel to "The heart's citadel". 2007. (Wheels of fortune ; 3)The broken bough (Hallam Family ; #1)
By Nicola Thorne. 2001
In the early 1900s pretty Cathy Read is widowed when her husband, Bill, is killed in an accident and soon…
life is a struggle. She has three young children to feed and clothe: Verity, Addie and Peg, so when Cathy's eldest sister offers to adopt Verity, she reluctantly agrees. Despite a new marriage to an old friend of Bill's, Cathy's hardships only increase with the addition of two more children and, eventually, the outbreak of war in 1914. During the war, Verity becomes a nursing sister, Addie a teacher, and Peg considers embarking on a career as a journalist. By the time of the Armistice, each member of the family finds her life radically changed by a world with strange new values. 2001. (Hallam Family ; 1)The bomb vessel (Nathaniel Drinkwater Ser. #Bk. 4)
By Richard Woodman. 1984
Drinkwater is determined to turn the "Virago" back into a fighting ship and, despite falling foul of Lord Nelson and…
nearly losing his ship, succeeds in playing a crucial role in the Battle of Copenhagen. Nathaniel Drinkwater is given command of the old 'Virago', a stores tender in the Baltic expedition of 1801. 1984.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.