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World War II

**BOMB: THE RACE TO BUILD--AND STEAL--THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON [AUDIOBOOK]

Bomb
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Sheinkin
Author's First Name: 
Steve
Narrator's First Name: 
Roy
Narrator's Last Name: 
Samuelson
Publisher: 
Listening Library
Publication Date: 
2013
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Told in a matter of fact tone by Roy Samuelson with just the right breaths to keep you riveted to the story we learn what it took to invent the world's most destructive weapon. We learn how the team of geniuses who came up and carried out the concept of annihilation were assembled and a little bit about their private lives. This book, a winner of multiple awards, will interest not just the young people interested in science but adults as well. Ages 10+ Maria Gentle

GINGERSNAP

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Giff
Author's First Name: 
Patricia Reilly
Publisher: 
Wendy Lamb
Publication Date: 
2013
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Raised in foster homes, Jayna finally has a taste of real family life when her older brother Rob rescues her. When Rob is called up for duty in the Navy, Jayna is again left alone. Not one to languish in self-pity for too long, Jayna sets out on an adventure to New York City to track down the woman in an old family photograph. Will it be her grandmother? Urged on by a ghost and accompanied by her pet turtle, Jayna takes us into a world where family is loosely defined but love and comfort is abounding. Ten to Fourteen. Anne Womack

COURAGE HAS NO COLOR: THE TRUE STORY OF THE TRIPLE NICKLES, AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK PARATROOPERS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Stone
Author's First Name: 
Tanya Lee
Publisher: 
Candlewick
Publication Date: 
2013
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Well researched (note the extensive back matter) with lots of photographs to give life to the men described, this book tells the story of another group of African American men anxious to serve their country during World War II and facing incredible hardship and prejudice. These men were paratroopers who ultimately became smoke-jumpers because of the prejudice and narrow-mindedness of our military leaders. The details of their training, their friendship and their dedication is a story that needed to be told. It found the right author. Ten to Fourteen. Edie Ching

CODE NAME VERITY [AUDIO]

Code Name Verity (audio)
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Wein
Author's First Name: 
Elizabeth
Narrator's First Name: 
Morven
Narrator's Last Name: 
Christie
Publisher: 
Bolinda Audio
Publication Date: 
2012

See annotation under "Fourteen and Up."

CODE NAME VERITY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Wein
Author's First Name: 
Elizabeth
Publisher: 
Hyperion
Publication Date: 
2012

An amazing tour de force of historical fiction and the bonds of friendship, this elaborately plotted, impeccably researched, and ultimately heartbreaking novel follows two young women as they struggle to survive in Nazi-occupied France. Christie Morven’s and Lucy Gaskell’s narrations in the audio version enliven both the action and the tension.

CANDY BOMBER: THE STORY OF THE BERLIN AIRLIFT'S "CHOCOLATE PILOT"

CANDY BOMBER
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Tunnell
Author's First Name: 
Michael
Publisher: 
Charlesbridge
Publication Month: 
July
Publication Date: 
2010

When Gail Halvorsen was stationed in Berlin at the end of World War II, he dropped candy bars for the children as he flew overhead.  Letters and drawings from these children illustrate how much his kindness meant to this war-damaged city.

THE WALL: GROWING UP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Sís
Author's First Name: 
Peter
Publisher: 
Frances Foster
Publication Date: 
2007

A highly visual memoir describes growing up in Czechoslovakia in the Iron Curtain years.  Sís loved to draw, admired things western, and learned very early that his country hid information, before he finally defected to the West.

 

BLACK AND WHITE AIRMEN: THEIR TRUE HISTORY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Fleischman
Author's First Name: 
John
Publisher: 
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 
2007

Two men, one black and one white, grew up in the same neighborhood and had parallel military careers but never met until they were in their seventies. This true story illuminates both World War II and the nature of race in America.

THE BOY WHO DARED: A NOVEL BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF A HITLER YOUTH

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Bartoletti
Author's First Name: 
Susan Campbell
Publisher: 
Scholastic
Publication Date: 
2008

As 17-year-old Helmuth Hubener awaits the executioner, he recalls the actions that led to his death sentence: listening to English language radio and spreading pamphlets in Nazi Germany in the early 1940s.

What I Saw and How I Lied

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Blundell
Author's First Name: 
Judy
Publisher: 
Frances Foster
Publication Date: 
2008
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

After World War II, Evie and her parents are vacationing in Palm Beach when ex-GI Peter arrives. New lies and old secrets complicate Evie’s blossoming crush in this taut historical thriller.

This is a great book.

After World War II, Evie and her parents are vacationing in Palm Beach when ex-GI Peter arrives. New lies and old secrets complicate Evie’s blossoming crush in this taut historical thriller.

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