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By Valerie Tripp, Jeanne Thieme, C. F. Payne. 1989
During World War II, Molly's third-grade class participates in the Lend-a-Hand Contest to help the war effort. The boys decide…
to collect tinfoil, and the girls decide to knit socks, but none of them can knit very well. At the last minute, Molly comes up with a new idea. Sequel to Meet Molly (DB 43831). For grades 2-4By Jane Cutler. 1994
At first World War II seems exciting as Ellen, eleven, and her friends eagerly track events and stage their own…
battles. A German Jewish family even moves into the neighborhood, and Ellen's father wishes he could enlist. But over the next few years, the war becomes more real as Ellen's young uncle is sent overseas. For grades 5-8By Michael Morpurgo. 1995
Autumn 1952. Toby Jenkins is not looking forward to another year at Redlands Preparatory School in Sussex, England. But beginning…
with dinner the first night, Toby and his schoolmates know things will be different because of the new boy, Simon Christopher, who before long claims to be Jesus. For grades 6-9By Laurence Yep. 1995
On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Yep tells the story of Sachi,…
a young Japanese schoolgirl, and explains the short-and long-term effects of the explosion on her, her family, and her friends. For grades 4-7 and older readersBy Jo Hoestlandt. 1995
In 1942 French schoolgirls Helen and Lydia are best friends. When the German army invades France, Lydia has to wear…
a yellow star on her coat. Lydia sleeps over the night before Helen's ninth birthday, but must leave in the middle of the night when they learn that people with yellow stars are being arrested. For grades 2-4By Ida Vos. 1986
Thirteen-year-old Anna survived the Holocaust by hiding in an attic for three years. During that time, the only person she…
spoke to was the man who brought her food. Now the war is over and Anna and her family have been reunited, but her parents will not talk about the war. Anna needs to discuss her fears, and when she meets Mrs. Neumann, a German neighbor, she finally finds someone to communicate with. For grades 5-8By Pat Barker. 1992
Based on the true story of two men who met during World War I--Dr. William Rivers, a psychiatrist, and Siegfried…
Sassoon, an officer and poet. In July 1917, Sassoon writes a letter protesting the war. Because of his position, he is sent to the Craiglockhart War Hospital instead of being court-martialed. There the relationship between him and Dr. Rivers helps him deal with his struggle between responsibility and conscience. 1991By Cecilia Brainard. 1994
When the Japanese attack the Philippines during World War II, nine-year-old Yvonne and her family flee for safety. The horrors…
of war are inescapable, and young Yvonne witnesses slaughter and atrocities. For strength and hope, she turns to the legends of her people: the Woman Warrior and the Rainbow Goddess. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sexBy Pat Barker. 1994
London, 1918. As Britain faces defeat by Germany, pacifists and homosexuals are scapegoated as potential traitors. It is unfortunate for…
Lieutenant Billy Prior, a bisexual who has a split personality, that when he is released from Craiglockhart War Hospital, he is assigned to British Intelligence. Once again he needs the help of Dr. Rivers. Sequel to Regeneration (BR 10543). Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexBy Kathy Kacer. 2023
Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her family's circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with…
her performance on the high wire...until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitler's Nazis has put them all in grave danger. When the circus is forced to shut down and Irene's father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus. Every day is a frightening new kind of balancing act, caught between the desire to perform and the need to hide—even in plain sightBy Carl Friedman. 1994
A young girl explains how her father always talks to his children about the horrors of his Holocaust experience. She…
says he "has camp" and his eyes look like the wolf's at the zoo, who must "have camp," too. She wants to be invisible when she grows up so the SS won't find her. Meanwhile, one brother carries toothpaste like the prisoners did for thirst, and another tries to freeze his feet in the refrigerator. Strong language and violenceBy Graham Salisbury. 1994
Tomi is a thirteen-year-old living in Honolulu in 1941. His parents and grandfather are Japanese immigrants, and his best friend,…
Billy, is white, a haole. Much to Tomi's dismay, his grandfather persists in calling himself Japanese and even flying Japan's flag. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, soldiers accuse Tomi's family of being spies. Even Billy begins treating Tomi differently. Some strong language and some violence. For grades 5-8By Donald Barthelme. 1990
Satirical resetting of Le Morte d'Arthur during World War II. Lancelot, Guinevere, King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table--…
they are all here. But now, while England is at war on several fronts, leaders from Germany, Italy, and the United States and even Winston Churchill interfere with the crusadesBy Ed Ruggero. 1994
Operation Solid Steel is supposed to be a series of practice maneuvers between U.S. Army Rangers led by Major Mark…
Isen and the German army. The Rangers have parachuted into German territory near the North Sea, where they are to engage the so-called enemy. But instead of the friendly Germans they expect, they are confronted by the ultra-rightist German People's Union--and the Rangers have no live ammunition! Violence and strong languageBy Thomas Keneally. 1982
In 1939, Oskar Schindler, a young, wealthy, enterprising German interested in drinking and women, is a less-than-exemplary Catholic. In this…
"nonfiction novel," Keneally tells the story of Schindler's transformation into a man who, at great personal risk, saves hundreds of Jews from death during World War II. Violence and some strong language. BestsellerBy Larry Bond. 1993
By 1997 the New World Order has gone awry, and the entire planet is in an economic mess. France and…
Germany have joined together to form EurCon, with Russia planning to join them. The United States and Britain have allied themselves with new Eastern European countries against EurCon. Suddenly France and Germany are locked in battle with Poland, and the world is at war. Some violence and some strong languageBy Patrick O'Brian. 1990
When Captain Jack Aubrey is dismissed from the Royal Navy, his friend, Stephen Maturin, gives him command of the private…
warship "Surprise," a letter of marque. As Maturin's marital problems and Aubrey's disgrace bring the buddies even closer, Aubrey captures the frigate "Diane" in a skirmish against Napoleon and is wounded in the process. The question now is whether this feat is enough to bring about his reinstatementBy Patrick O'Brian. 1979
When Captain Jack Aubrey receives news in the Dutch East Indies of his appointment to command the best the Royal…
Navy has to offer, he and Doctor Stephen Maturin set off for England aboard HMS "Java" with all due dispatch. En route the War of 1812 breaks out and the "Java" is hit by the USS "Constitution." Aubrey and Maturin go as prisoners of war to Boston, where previous undercover activities make them suspect, and they plot to get back to seaBy Patrick O'Brian. 1991
When typhoon wrecks the "Diane," and its captain, Jack Aubrey; its surgeon, Stephen Maturin; and its crew plot their survival…
on an island in the Dutch East Indies. At first they are hoodwinked by a band of pirates. Eventually they take command of "The Nutmeg of Consolation," a small ship with which they outwit a much larger French enemy vessel and proceed to Australia. There they become involved in assorted battles that have little to do with the seaBy Patrick O'Brian. 1981
Captain Jack Aubrey and his longtime partner, surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, are in the Meditterranean aboard the "Worcester," engaged…
in a British blockade of Napoleon's navy. After several skirmishes, the admiral of the fleet suddenly reassigns the pair to the "Surprise." They sail on a mission to Ionian islands, but their battles take unexpected turn when they are caught up in a political net off the Greek coast