By Doreen Rappaport
Through twenty-one meticulously researched accounts-- some chronicled in
book form for the first time-- Doreen Rappaport illuminates the
defiance of tens of thousands of Jews across eleven Nazi-occupied
countries during World War II.
By Kathryn J. Atwood
These twenty-six stories unfold from across Germany, Poland, Great
Britain, the United States, and provide an inspiring reminder of women
and girls' refusal to sit on the sidelines around the world and
throughout history.
By Audrey Couloumbis
What were once just boys' games become matters of life and death as
Petros and his older brother Zola each wonder if, like their
resistance-fighter cousin, they too can make a difference in a
Nazi-occupied Greece.
By Dean Hughes
Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their
respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the
Battle of the Bulge.
By Tanya Lee Stone
Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the
history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who
fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese
during World War II.
By Margi Preus
In Nazi-occupied Norway,
fourteen-year-old Espen joins the resistance movement, graduating from
deliverer of illegal newspapers to courier and spy.
By William L. Shirer
The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built, with guns so powerful
and accurate it could destroy an enemy ship while safely staying outside
the line of fire. But the Allies had to sink it...or risk losing the war.
By Peter Chrisp
Provides
information and facts on events leading up to the war, important
battles and campaigns, political and military leaders, and life on the
home fronts.
By Samantha Seiple
Relates
the invasion of Alaska by Japan on June 7, 1942, that was one of the
bloodiest and deadliest hand-to-hand combat battles between the United
States and Japan.
By Sean Callery
A
visual guide to the epic conflict in which millions gave their lives in
the cause of freedom. Includes cutaway illustrations, maps, time lines,
and infographics.
By Dean Hughes
While
his father is missing in action in the Pacific during World War II,
twelve-year-old Jay moves with his mother to small-town Utah, where he
sees prejudice from both sides, as a part-Navajo himself and through an
unlikely friendship with Japanese American Ken from the nearby
internment camp.
By Walter Dean Myers
A
seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia records his
experiences in a journal as his regiment takes part in the D-Day
invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France.
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