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Sophia's war : a tale of the Revolution
by Avi
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which was newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
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The fighting ground
by Avi
Thirteen-year-old Jonathan goes off to fight in the Revolutionary War and discovers the real war is being fought within himself
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Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
When her former owner breaks his promise to set her free and ends up sending her to live with a cruel loyalist family at the start of the Revolutionary War, Isabel is heartbroken and so becomes determined to do whatever is necessary to win her freedom, including spying on her family to help the rebels win the war. 50,000 first printing.
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Forge
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more
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Ashes
by Laurie Halse Anderson
A conclusion to the trilogy that began with Chains, a National Book Award Finalist, follows the Valley Forge escape of Isabel and Curzon, who endeavor to rescue Isabel's enslaved younger sister while outmaneuvering the ruthless Bellingham. Simultaneous eBook.
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Johnny Tremain, : a novel for old & young,
by Esther Forbes
When Johnny Tremain becomes a dispatch rider for the Committee of Public Safety, he comes into contact with Sam Adams, John Hancock, and other Revolutionary leaders
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Woods runner
by Gary Paulsen
Hunting for food to support his family on the frontier of an American colony far from the hostilities of the Revolutionary War, 13-year-old Samuel is astonished when his parents are arrested by soldiers, a situation that forces him to make his way to the British headquarters in New York City. By the author of Mudshark.
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I survived the American Revolution, 1776
by Lauren Tarshis
Caught in a violent battle between American and British troops during an interrupted journey to find his father during the American Revolutionary War, 11-year-old Nathaniel becomes a firsthand witness to the tragic aspects of America's fight for independence. Simultaneous and eBook.
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Sweep : the story of a girl and her monster
by Jonathan Auxier
In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem
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Gold rush girl
by Avi
Finding freedom and friendship in 1848 San Francisco while her father searches for gold, Tory embarks on a mud-caked search for her kidnapped brother throughout San Francisco Bay’s treacherous Rotten Row area and its hundreds of abandoned ships. Simultaneous eBook.
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Strange star
by Emma Carroll
Told primarily by servant Felix, a former slave, Lord Byron and friends gather to tell ghost stories on a stormy night in 1816 Switzerland, but a scarred girl arrives with her own dark and dangerous tale
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The birchbark house
by Louise Erdrich
Chronicles the experiences of an Ojibwa girl and her family as they live their lives quietly on an island in Lake Superior in 1847, until the white man comes and begins moving her entire tribe off their land.
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Some kind of courage
by Dan Gemeinhart
Losing his father to an accident, his mother and sister to illness and his horse to a cruel thief, young Joseph confronts deadly animals, dangerous men and the harsh elements of nature to reclaim the only family he has left. By the author of The Honest Truth. Simultaneous eBook.
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Bone talk
by Candy Gourlay
A coming-of-age story set at the end of the 19th century in a remote village in the Philippines finds a young man confronting a separation from his reluctant best friend before unknown American enemies bring war and destruction.
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Cinnamon moon
by Tess Hilmo
"Historical fiction about two siblings and a friend trying to find a new family and a home after the Great Chicago Fire"
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The evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly
Curious about the grasshoppers in her backyard in rural Texas, 11-year-old Calpurnia turns to her grandfather and avid naturalist for information and ends up with a newfound respect for the natural world, the way it operates, and the similarities it shares with her own life as the only daughter in a family with six brothers, in this coming-of-age tale set in 1899.
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A ceiling made of eggshells
by Gail Carson Levine
Excitedly joining her stern grandfather on a journey across 15th-century Spain, a clever young Jewish girl meets King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella while discovering how dangerous the world is for people of Jewish heritage. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Ella Enchanted. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The book of Boy
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Bullied and marginalized because of the hump on his back and his tendency to talk to animals, Boy is engaged as a servant to a shadowy pilgrim who takes him on an expedition across Europe to steal seven religious artifacts from dangerous enemies. By the author of Dairy Queen. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Prairie lotus
by Linda Sue Park
A young half-Asian girl arriving in 1880s America struggles to adjust to new surroundings while navigating the almost unanimous prejudice of the townspeople in her heartland community. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of A Single Shard. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Escape from...Pompeii
by Benjamin Richmond
"Mount Vesuvius is ready to erupt, threatening to destroy the city of Pompeii and everyone who lives there. Will new friends Thalia and Felix be able to escape, or are they destined to be buried under rock and ash?"
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Starting from Seneca Falls
by Karen Schwabach
A centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment follows the story of an orphaned survivor of the Irish Potato Famine who runs away from abusive caretakers to 1848 Seneca Falls, New York, where her prospects are shaped by the suffrage activism of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Simultaneous eBook.
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I survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871
by Lauren Tarshis
Robbed on the train platform as soon as he arrives in the city, eleven-year-old Oscar Starling soon finds himself in the middle of the Great Chicago Fire when he chases after his thief, who is herself in need of rescue
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Unbound : a novel in verse
by Ann E Burg
Promising to remain unobtrusive and discreet when she is called from the slave cabins to work in the Big House, Grace is unable to stay silent when she witnesses the numerous cruelties of heartless slave owners who brutalize and separate slave families.
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Elijah of Buxton
by Christopher Paul Curtis
As the first child born into freedom in a Canadian town for runaway slaves, eleven-year-old Elijah finds himself on a dangerous journey to America to track down an unscrupulous former slave who stole the money from his friend, Mr. Leroy, that was intended to buy his family their freedom from slavery. 75,000 first printing.
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The journey of little Charlie
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Striking a deal with a formidable local in the aftermath of his father's death, 12-year-old Charlie, the child of sharecroppers, agrees to track down a band of thieves only to confront a difficult moral choice when he learns the true identities and circumstances of his targets. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963.
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Abner & me : a baseball card adventure
by Dan Gutman
Time traveling back to the Civil War, Joe Stoshack goes in search of the truth about the legend of General Abner Doubleday and his invention of the game of baseball--but his arrival in the midst of a fierce battle and the sight of wounded soldiers cause his journey to take an unexpected turn. Reprint.
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Calico Girl
by Jerdine Nolen
Enduring slavery through the American Civil War, 12-year-old Callie and her family look forward to freedom and becoming educated when the State of Virginia ratifies the Contraband Law in 1861, granting a measure of safety for runaways. Simultaneous eBook.
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The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg
by W. R. Philbrick
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
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I survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
by Lauren Tarshis
Witnessing the harrowing events of the Civil War from the Pennsylvania sidelines, 11-year-old Henry endures the most grueling challenges of his life throughout a hot July week when he becomes inadvertently involved in the historic battle. Original.
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Orange for the sunsets
by Tina Athaide
Two 12-year-old best friends who have never cared about their differences are torn apart by president Idi Amin's decision to expel Indians from 1972 Uganda, an order that is complicated by an educational opportunity and escalating community unrest. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Letters from Cuba
by Ruth Behar
A young Jewish girl flees her home in Poland on the eve of World War II before establishing a new life for herself in Cuba, where she works to rescue the other members of her family. By the award-winning author of Bridges to Cuba/Puenta a Cuba. Simultaneous eBook.
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Lucky broken girl
by Ruth Behar
A semi-autobiographical story about a multicultural girl's coming-of-age in the 1960s describes how Cuban-Jewish Ruthie Mizrahi emigrates with her family from Castro's Cuba to New York, where a devastating accident challenges her perceptions about mortality and strength. A first children's book. Simultaneous eBook.
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The blackbird girls
by Anne Blankman
Relocating to Leningrad in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, two girls who have been taught to hate each other because of religious differences uncover painful family secrets while learning what it means to trust another person. Simultaneous eBook.
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Escape from... the Titanic
by Mary Kay Carson
"Patrick is an Irish bellboy working on the Titanic to help his family back home. Sarah is a passenger excited to return to America. Neither of them knows that they are about to embark on the most dangerous trip of their lives"
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Bud, not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H. E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
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The mighty Miss Malone
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Academically gifted Deza Malone and her family embark on a journey to find her job-seeking father when he goes missing and end up in a shanty town in Flint, Michigan. By the Newbery Medal- and Coretta Scott King Medal-winning author of Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963.
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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis
When the eldest son of the family becomes a troublemaker, the Watsons travel to Grandma's Alabama home and witness the bombing of the Birmingham church, in a story told from the perspective of nine-year-old Kenny Watson.
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Stella by starlight
by Sharon M. Draper
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town
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The night diary
by Veera Hiranandani
The 12-year-old daughter of a refugee family forced to flee their home in the aftermath of the 1947 separation of Pakistan and India embarks on a treacherous journey that she records in a series of letters written to her late mother. By the award-winning author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl. Simultaneous eBook.
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Turtle in paradise
by Jennifer L. Holm
Set in 1935, during the Great Depression, an 11-year-old girl nicknamed Turtle goes to live with relatives in Key West, Florida, after her mother takes a job as a housekeeper for a woman who does not like children; as a result, Turtle's world opens up in many unexpected ways, and she finds herself coming out of the shell she has spent her whole life building.
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Inside out & back again
by Thanhha Lai
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama
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A night divided
by Jennifer A Nielsen
When her family is abruptly divided by the rise of the Berlin Wall, 12-year-old Gerta harbors forbidden thoughts about freedom and reuniting with her loved ones before a coded message from her father inspires a daring plan. By the best-selling author of the Ascendance Trilogy. Simultaneous eBook.
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The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures
by Brian Selznick
Living in the walls of a busy Paris train station in 1931, clock keeper and orphan Hugo Cabret must constantly work to keep his secrets safe, but when an inquisitive girl and an old man who owns a toy store begin probing, he must do all he can to keep them at a safe distance. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo.
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I survived the Hindenburg disaster, 1937
by Lauren Tarshis
A latest addition to the series inspired by history's most infamous disasters imagines the experiences of an 11-year-old survivor of the 1937 Hindenburg airship tragedy. Simultaneous and eBook.
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One crazy summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn, New York, to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, 11-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of their intrusion and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp. 15,000 first printing.
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Beyond the bright sea
by Lauren Wolk
Set adrift on the ocean in a small skiff as a newborn, 12-year-old Crow embarks on a quest to find the missing pieces of her history. By the award-winning author of Wolf Hollow. Simultaneous eBook.
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Echo Mountain
by Lauren Wolk
Losing her home in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929, Ellie moves with her family to a new home in an unforgiving mountain terrain where she seeks a cure to restore her injured father to health. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Wolf Hollow. Simultaneous eBook.
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Wolf Hollow : a novel
by Lauren Wolk
Growing up in a rural Pennsylvania town in the aftermath of two world wars, 12-year-old Annabelle confronts a bullying newcomer and must defend a traumatized but gentle World War I veteran who is wrongly implicated in the bully's disappearance. Simultaneous eBook.
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Allies
by Alan Gratz
Racing toward the French coast along with his brothers-in-arms, a terrified World War II soldier from America participates in the top-secret D-Day operation, while a young French spy works to sabotage German occupiers and a paratrooper orchestrates a daring midnight raid.
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Catherine's war
by Julia Billet
A survival story based on true events follows the experiences of a young Jewish photographer who is forced to go into hiding and make a perilous journey to the free zone when Germany seizes France during World War II. 15,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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Resistance
by Jennifer A Nielsen
The New York Times best-selling author of the Ascendance and Mark of the Thief trilogies tells an extraordinary story of a Jewish girl's courageous efforts to resist the Nazis
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White bird : a Wonder story
by R. J. Palacio
Inspired by the author’s best-selling Wonder, a graphic novel debut traces the heartrending story of a grandmother who as a Jewish girl was hidden by a brave, compassionate family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II. Illustrations.
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Hidden : a child's story of the Holocaust
by Loïc Dauvillier
In this gentle, poetic graphic novel for early readers, Dounia, a grandmother, tells her granddaughter the story even her son has never heard: how, as a young Jewish girl in Paris, she was hidden away from the Nazis by a series of neighbors and friends who risked their lives to keep her alive when her parents had been taken away to concentration camps.
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Journey to America : escaping the holocaust to freedom
by Sonia Levitin
A repackaged 50th anniversary edition of the National Jewish Book Award-winning tale is based on true events from the author’s life and follows a Jewish-German family’s 1938 flight to Switzerland, where the outbreak of World War II challenges their efforts to join their father in America. Simultaneous and eBook.
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All he knew
by Helen Frost
A middle grade novel in verse follows the experiences of a deaf child whose impoverished family is forced to send him to a cruel institution, where he receives friendship and teaching from a conscientious war objector. By the award-winning author of Keesha’s House. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Genevieve's war
by Patricia Reilly Giff
"In August 1939 Genevieve makes an impulsive decision not to get on train to take her to boat back New York and must spend the duration of World War II with her grandmother in a small village in Alsace, France, where she becomes involved with the French resistance"
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We had to be brave : escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
by Deborah Hopkinson
Details the heartwrenching experiences of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany aboard the Kindertransport, in a collection of true accounts that includes the story of young Ruth David, who clung to hope in an unfamiliar country after being separated from her family.
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War stories
by Gordon Korman
Visiting the small French village that his veteran grandfather helped liberate during World War II, an avid young player of war video games begins questioning his family’s perspectives about his grandfather’s heroism when he uncovers the rest of the story. Simultaneous eBook.
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Lifeboat 12 : based on a true story
by Susan Hood
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. Includes historical notes
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The war that saved my life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother. Simultaneous eBook.
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The war I finally won
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning The War That Saved My Life continues the story of Ada, who in the aftermath of the surgery that corrects her disability struggles to welcome a Jewish-German girl into the crowded cottage where her loved ones are enduring the horrors of World War II. Simultaneous eBook.
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A place to hang the moon
by Kate Albus
In World War II England, orphaned siblings William, Edmund, and Anna are evacuated from London to live in the countryside, where they bounce from home to home in search of someone willing to adopt them permanently
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War and Millie McGonigle
by Karen Cushman
The Newbery Award-winning author of The Midwife’s Apprentice traces the story of a girl from 1930s California who helps her family through the challenges of food rationing and caring for an ailing sister as America draws closer to World War II. Simultaneous eBook.
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Under the broken sky
by Mariko Nagai
A novel in verse about a Japanese orphan’s experiences in occupied rural Manchuria during World War II finds 12-year-old Natsu struggling to protect her little sister by selling her to a Russian family in the wake of the 1945 Soviet occupation. Simultaneous eBook.
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On the horizon
by Lois Lowry
The two-time Newbery Medal-winning author of the Giver Quartet explores the human stories behind World War II’s Pearl Harbor attack and Hiroshima bombing to contemplate what victims share in common and the importance of bridging cultural divides. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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A place to belong
by Cynthia Kadohata
Reeling from the treatment they endured in the internment camps of World War II America, a Japanese-American family renounces their American citizenship to move back to Hiroshima, unaware of the devastation inflicted by the atomic bomb. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Kira-Kira. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook
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In a flash
by Donna Jo Napoli
Caught in Japan and separated from their father when World War II begins, Italian sisters Simona, eleven, and Carolina, eight, embark on a trying journey hoping to reach safety. Includes historical notes
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Dust of Eden
by Mariko Nagai
Forced with her Japanese-American family from their Seattle home to an internment camp in 1942, 13-year-old Mina Masako Tagawa relates a poignant story in verse that juxtaposes the beauty of Idaho beside their daily encounters with fear and rejection.
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Desert diary : Japanese American kids behind barbed wire
by Michael O. Tunnell
"In March 1943, twenty-seven children began third grade in a strange new environment: the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Together with their teacher, Miss Yamauchi, these uprooted young Americans began keeping a classroom diary, with a different child illustrating each day's entry. Their full-color diary entries paint a vivid picture of daily life in an internment camp: schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, health--and the mixed feelings of citizens who were loyal but distrusted"
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Fred Korematsu speaks up
by Laura Atkins
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the man who challenged the legality of imprisoning Japanese Americans during World War II, describing the prejudice he and other Japanese Americans experienced and his long struggle for justice
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Dash
by Kirby Larson
Forced to move with her family to an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese-American Mitsi mourns her separation from her beloved dog and tries to keep up with the outside world with the help of a friendly neighbor back home. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Hattie Big Sky. Simultaneous eBook.
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Making bombs for Hitler
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
A tale inspired by a lesser-known aspect of World War II describes how young Lida loses her parents and is torn from her sister, even though she is not Jewish, by Nazis who place her in a brutal work camp with other Ukrainian children to make bombs for the German army. Simultaneous eBook.
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I survived the Nazi invasion, 1944
by Lauren Tarshis
A young Jewish boy escapes the ghetto and finds a group of resistance fighters in the forests of Poland, and he must determine if he has what it takes to survive the Nazis and fight back
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Prisoner B-3087
by Alan Gratz
A book based on the life of Jack Gruener relates the story of his survival during the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was 11 years old, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
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Grenade
by Alan Gratz
A follow-up to the best-selling Refugee follows the dual experiences of two young soldiers, one Japanese and one American, who struggle for survival on battle-torn Okinawa before their encounter with one another leads to fateful choices for both
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Rescue
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Rescuing an injured British spy found hiding in her grandmother’s barn, Meg agrees to guide a family of German refugees across occupied France to Spain in exchange for her father’s freedom from a Nazi prison. By the best-selling author of the Ascendance series. Simultaneous eBook.
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Nine, ten : a September 11 story
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
The author of Anything But Typical presents the story of four middle schoolers whose lives are abruptly impacted by the September 11 attacks, describing how an abandoned boy, a boy whose mother has recently died, a Muslim girl and a girl whose mother is traveling in New York struggle with respective challenges in the days before the tragedy. Simultaneous eBook.
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Ground Zero
by Alan Gratz
A dual tale published to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks finds a young boy struggling to find his father and escape the World Trade Center in 2001, before a girl in battle-torn 2020 Afghanistan risks her life to help a wounded soldier. Simultaneous eBook.
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