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Siege: how General Washington kicked the British out of Boston and launched a revolution

By Roxane Orgill. 2018

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Historical fiction, War stories, General fiction, Multi-cultural fictionPoetry
Human-narrated audio

A novel in verse. Story of the siege of Boston that launched the war to defeat the British. Follows the…

events from the summer of 1775 to the spring of 1776, and gives voice to the soldiers and civilians of that time. For grades 6-9. 2018

Jazz owls: a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots

By Margarita Engle, Rudy Gutierrez. 2018

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Historical fiction, General fiction, Multi-cultural fiction, War storiesPoetry
Human-narrated audio

A novel in verse. In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day, then…

jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot-suit wearing younger brother, Ray. But one night, racial violence leads to murder. Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2018

White Rose

By Kip Wilson. 2019

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Historical fiction, War stories, General fictionPoetry
Human-narrated audio

A novel in verse. Sophie Scholl, a young German college student, challenges the Nazi regime during World War II as…

part of the White Rose, a nonviolent resistance group. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2019

It rained warm bread: Moishe Moskowitz's story of hope

By Hope Anita Smith, Lea Lyon, Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet. 2019

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Historical fiction, War stories, General fiction, Multi-cultural fictionPoetry
Human-narrated audio

A novel in verse and fictionalized account of the experiences of a Polish Jew, Moishe, who, with his parents, brother,…

and a sister, struggles to survive the Nazi invasion and the Holocaust. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2019

All the broken pieces: a novel in verse

By Ann E. Burg. 2009

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Family stories, General fiction, Historical fiction, War stories, Multi-cultural fictionPoetry
Human-narrated audio

Matt Pin was nine when he was airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975 and adopted by an American couple. Two…

years later Matt is still haunted by a terrible secret from his war-torn past, one that his new parents and Vietnam veterans help him confront. For grades 5-8. 2009

T4: a novel in verse

By Ann Clare LeZotte. 2008

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Disabilities fiction, Historical fiction, General fiction, Friendship stories, War storiesPoetry
Human-narrated audio

Paula Becker, who is deaf, is thirteen years old when the Nazi party takes control of Germany. It is a…

time when people with disabilities are ordered to be killed in Hitler's Tiergartenstrasse 4, nicknamed T4. She escapes a raid, but her new world is one of fear, desperation, and uncertainty as she struggles to survive. Her stories are told in free verse. For grades 6-9

Lifeboat 12: based on a true story

By Susan Hood. 2018

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War stories, General fiction, Adventure stories, Multi-cultural fictionAdventure and exploration, Poetry
Human-narrated audio

In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the…

ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. For grades 4-7

Death coming Up the Hill

By Chris Crowe. 2020

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Family stories, War stories, Historical fiction, General fictionPoetry
Human-narrated audio

Ashe Douglas keeps a weekly record of historical and personal events in 1968, the year he turns seventeen, including the…

escalating war in Vietnam; assassinations, rampant racism, and rioting; his first girlfriend; his parents' sepration' and a longed-for sister. Unrated

The butter battle book

By Dr Seuss. 1984

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Folklore, fables and fairy tales, War storiesPoetry
Human-narrated audio

A fable about the Yooks and the Zooks, hostile neighbours very much alike except that they butter their bread differently.…

Engaged in a long-running battle, they develop more and more sophisticated weapons as they attempt to outdo each other. Grades K-3 and older readers. Bestseller 1984.

From Sarajevo With Sorrow

By Goran Simic, Amela Simic. 2005

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Classic fiction, General fiction, War storiesPoetry
Synthetic audio, Automated braille

From Sarajevo, with Sorrow restores all that is offensive, despairing and necessary to our understanding of war by capturing the…

poems' original power and humanity. This collection contains both previously unpublished poems, written "under the candlelight" of the siege, and new poems returning to the sniper's alleys and bunkers of Sarajevo. This is a disturbingly resonant, timely and important collection.

Civil War Short Stories and Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)

By Bob Blaisdell. 2011

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War storiesAnthologies, Poetry
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This anthology commemorates the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War with reflections from both sides of the conflict. Compiled…

by an expert in the literature of the era, the poems and short stories appear in chronological order. They trace the war's progress and portray a gamut of moods, from the early days of eagerness to confront the foe to long years of horror at the ongoing carnage and sad relief at the struggle's end.Selections include the poetry of Walt Whitman, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; observations by Herman Melville and Louisa May Alcott; and noteworthy fiction by Ambrose Bierce ("An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge") and Mark Twain ("A True Story, Repeated Word for Word, As I Heard It"). Lesser-known writers, many of them anonymous, offer heartfelt testimonials and eyewitness accounts from battlefields and the homefront.

The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin

By Kip Wilson. 2022

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Family stories, Historical fiction, War stories, LGBTQ+ fictionPoetry
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A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World War II as she…

discovers her own voice and sexuality, ultimately finding a family when she gets a job at a gay cabaret, by award-winning author Kip Wilson.On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Café Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers. Rosa, one of the club’s waitresses and performers, immediately takes Hilde under her wing. As the café denizens slowly embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own blossoming feelings for Rosa. But Berlin is in turmoil. Between the elections, protests in the streets, worsening antisemitism and anti-homosexual sentiment, and the beginning seeds of unrest in Café Lila itself, Hilde will have to decide what’s best for her future . . . and what it means to love a place on the cusp of war. 

T4

By Ann Clare Lezotte. 2008

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War storiesPoetry
Synthetic audio, Automated braille

It is 1939. Paula Becker, thirteen years old and deaf, lives with her family in a rural German town. As…

rumors swirl of disabled children quietly disappearing, a priest comes to her family’s door with an offer to shield Paula from an uncertain fate. When the sanctuary he offers is fleeting, Paula needs to call upon all her strength to stay one step ahead of the Nazis.

One Last Shot: The Story of Wartime Photographer Gerda Taro

By Kip Wilson. 2023

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Historical fiction, General fiction, War stories, Multi-cultural fictionPoetry
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From critically acclaimed author Kip Wilson comes this gripping coming of age historical fiction novel in verse about Gerda Taro,…

a vibrant, headstrong photojournalist with a passion for capturing the truth amid political turmoil and the first woman photojournalist killed in combat.The daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants, Gerta Pohorylle doesn't quite fit in. While she's away at boarding school, however, she becomes a master at reinventing herself. When she returns from school, she gets more involved with left-wing groups as Germany splits into political extremes and after she's arrested for distributing anti-Nazi propaganda, Gerta and her family decide she must leave Germany. In Paris, Gerda meets André Friedman, a Hungarian photographer eager for fame and fortune, who fosters Gerda's interest in photography and how it can be as much of a tool for broadcasting her beliefs as protesting and demonstrations. Together the pair invents Robert Capa, a rich American photographer, and soon they're selling "Capa's" work for high prices and to great acclaim. Soon after, Gerda begins selling her own work under the last name Taro and the pair take on more assignments, jetting off to Spain to cover the growing conflict that quickly becomes the Spanish Civil War.As Gerda pushes closer and closer to the front line, eager to capture the lives and vibrant hopes of those fighting against fascism, she begins to lose track of, and regard for, her own safety.  

Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse

By Dana VanderLugt. 2023

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War stories, Historical fictionPoetry
Synthetic audio, Automated braille

Set against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on American history presents the…

dual perspectives of Claire, a Midwestern girl who longs to enter high school and become a nurse even as she worries for her soldier brother, and Karl, a German POW who&’s processing the war as he works on Claire&’s family farm. This poignant and moving story of an unlikely connection will stay with readers long after the final page.It&’s October 1944, and while Claire&’s older brother, Danny, is off fighting in World War II, her dad hires a group of German POWs to help with the apple harvest on their farm. Claire wants nothing to do with the enemies in the orchard, until she meets soft-spoken, hardworking Karl. Could she possibly have something in common with a German soldier?Karl, meanwhile, grapples with his role in the war as he realizes how many lies Hitler&’s regime has spread—and his complacency in not standing up against them. But his encounters with Claire give him hope that he can change and become the person he wants to be.Inspired by the little-known history of POW labor camps in the United States, this lyrical verse novel is told in alternating first-person poems by two young people on opposite sides of the war. Against a vivid backdrop of home front tensions and daily life, intimate entries reveal Claire&’s and Karl's hopes and struggles, and their growing friendship even as the war rages on. What are their chances of connection, of redemption, of peace?Enemies in the Orchard is:A gorgeously written novel in verse for ages 9 and upHistorical fiction based on true events during WWIIA heartfelt story that explores connection, trauma, and hope 

Poetry Of The Second World War

By Desmond Graham. 1981

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War storiesPoetry
Synthetic audio, Automated braille

Poetry of the Second World War brings to light a neglected chapter in world literature. In its chorus of haunting…

poetic voices, over a hundred of the most articulate minds of their generation record the true experience of the 1939-45 conflict, and its unending consequences. In keeping with its subject, it has an international scope, with poems from over twenty countries, including Japan, Australia, Europe, America and Russia; poems in which human responses echo each other across boundaries of culture and state. Auden, Brecht, Stevie Smith, Primo Levi, Zbigniew Herbert and Anna Akhmatova are set alongside the eloquence of unknown poets. The anthology has been arranged to bring out the chronological and cumulative human experience of the war: pre-war fears, air raids, the boredom, fear and camaraderie of military life; battle, occupation and resistance; surviving and the aftermath. Here at last, are the poems of the Holocaust, the Blitz, Hiroshima; of soldiers, refugees and disrupted lives. What emerges is a poetry capable of conveying the vast and terrible sweep of war.

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