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Attack on Pearl Harbor
By: Lisa L. Owens
Lerner Publications, 2018. Informational.

Through the stories of nurses, military personnel, and ordinary people living in Hawaii, this book recounts the events of the WWII attack on Pearl Harbor.

Navajo Code Talkers
By: Nathan Aaseng
Walker, 1992. Informational.

Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language.

By: Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Picture Window Books a capstone imprint, 2018. Informational.

Through clouds and over mountains and farmland- Two cartoon flies accompany readers on an adrenaline-pumping flight over war-torn Europe as the U.S. Army Air Corps' Tuskegee airmen take on a heroic, history-making mission during World War II."

By: Stephen E. Ambrose
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. Informational.

The Good Fight brings the most horrific- and most heroic- war in history to young readers in a way that's never been done before. Major events, personal anecdotes from the soldiers who were fighting on the battlefields, manning the planes, commanding the ships- stories of human triumph and tragedy - bring the war vividly to life

By: Rose Simon
Compass Point Books, 2013. Informational.

When World War I ended in 1918, it was called, "the war to end all wars." But it wasn't. Unsettled issues and resentments festered for the next 20 years, culminating in the outbreak of war in Europe and Asia in the 1930's. Different countries were determined to rule the world, but only one can succeed.

By: Matt Doeden
Lerner Publications, 2018. Informational

During World War II, many people felt powerless. They didn't have the numbers or weapons to fight back directly. So they used sabotage to fight back against the Nazis. Resistance fighters throughout Europe sabotaged equipment and supply lines, gave false information to the enemy, gathered and shared intelligence with the Allied military forces, and hid and rescued threatened Jews.

By: Sean Price
Velocity, an imprint of Capstone Press, 2014. Informational.

As World War II erupted in 1939, all eyes focused on the front lines. But behind the scenes, spies had a huge impact. Learn the secrets of World War II's most influential spies and how their undercover work affected major events of the war.
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