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Number the stars: A Newbery Award Winner
Par Lois Lowry. 1989
For ten-year-old Annemarie, life in occupied Copenhagen in 1943 is not much changed by the war--until the Nazi persecution of…
Danish Jews begins. Annemarie's family helps a Jewish friend by having her pose as Annemarie's dead sis- ter. When a packet must be taken to the captain of a ship smuggling Jews to Sweden, Annemarie learns that being brave means "not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do." For grades 3-6 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1989The quiet little woman: three enchanting Christmas stories
Par Louisa Alcott, C. Dudash, Louisa Alcott. 1999
Stories by Alcott from the 1870s. In The Quiet Little Woman, thirteen-year-old Patty, an orphan, dreams of being adopted but…
is placed as a servant in the large Murray household. Through Aunt Jane's intervention on Christmas day, the Murrays begin to appreciate Patty's loving nature. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1999Tree by leaf
Par Cynthia Voigt. 1988
In 1920 twelve-year-old Clothilde lives with her family on an isolated peninsula waiting for her father to return from the…
war. When he arrives, maimed and broken, he retreats to the boathouse. A mysterious voice helps Clothilde breach the gulf between her father and the rest of the family. For grades 6-9Maura's angel (An Avon Camelot book)
Par Lynne Banks. 1984
On her way home from her Belfast school, Maura is knocked flat by a bomb's blast. When she looks around,…
she is amazed to see a naked girl who looks just like her. Maura must teach this new acquaintance to walk, eat, and even sleep. In return, Maura and her family experience wonderful changes while in her presence. For grades 4-7Cast two shadows: the American revolution in the South (Great Episodes Ser.)
Par Ann Rinaldi. 1998
South Carolina colony, 1780. Caroline Whitaker, fourteen, is a virtual house prisoner of the British after her rebel father is…
jailed. Men from both sides maraud through the countryside spreading terror. But she and her slave grandmother venture out to rescue Caroline's brother Johnny. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 1998The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
Par C. S Lewis. 1997
Four English children find their way through a huge wardrobe in an old house to the mysterious land of Narnia,…
which is under the spell of the White Witch. Prequel to Prince Caspian, the Return to Narnia (BR 07238). For grades 4-7 and older readersMolly learns a lesson: a school story (The American Girls CollectionThe American Girls Collection #Bk. 3)
Par Valerie Tripp, Jeanne Thieme, C. F. Payne. 1989
During World War II, Molly's third-grade class participates in the Lend-a-Hand Contest to help the war effort. The boys decide…
to collect tinfoil, and the girls decide to knit socks, but none of them can knit very well. At the last minute, Molly comes up with a new idea. Sequel to Meet Molly (DB 43831). For grades 2-4My wartime summers
Par Jane Cutler. 1994
At first World War II seems exciting as Ellen, eleven, and her friends eagerly track events and stage their own…
battles. A German Jewish family even moves into the neighborhood, and Ellen's father wishes he could enlist. But over the next few years, the war becomes more real as Ellen's young uncle is sent overseas. For grades 5-8The war of Jenkins' ear
Par Michael Morpurgo. 1995
Autumn 1952. Toby Jenkins is not looking forward to another year at Redlands Preparatory School in Sussex, England. But beginning…
with dinner the first night, Toby and his schoolmates know things will be different because of the new boy, Simon Christopher, who before long claims to be Jesus. For grades 6-9Hiroshima: a novella
Par Laurence Yep. 1995
On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Yep tells the story of Sachi,…
a young Japanese schoolgirl, and explains the short-and long-term effects of the explosion on her, her family, and her friends. For grades 4-7 and older readersStar of fear, star of hope
Par Jo Hoestlandt. 1995
In 1942 French schoolgirls Helen and Lydia are best friends. When the German army invades France, Lydia has to wear…
a yellow star on her coat. Lydia sleeps over the night before Helen's ninth birthday, but must leave in the middle of the night when they learn that people with yellow stars are being arrested. For grades 2-4Anna is still here
Par Ida Vos. 1986
Thirteen-year-old Anna survived the Holocaust by hiding in an attic for three years. During that time, the only person she…
spoke to was the man who brought her food. Now the war is over and Anna and her family have been reunited, but her parents will not talk about the war. Anna needs to discuss her fears, and when she meets Mrs. Neumann, a German neighbor, she finally finds someone to communicate with. For grades 5-8Hidden on the high wire: Holocaust remembrance book for young readers
Par Kathy Kacer. 2023
Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her family's circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with…
her performance on the high wire...until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitler's Nazis has put them all in grave danger. When the circus is forced to shut down and Irene's father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus. Every day is a frightening new kind of balancing act, caught between the desire to perform and the need to hide—even in plain sightUnder the blood-red sun
Par Graham Salisbury. 1994
Tomi is a thirteen-year-old living in Honolulu in 1941. His parents and grandfather are Japanese immigrants, and his best friend,…
Billy, is white, a haole. Much to Tomi's dismay, his grandfather persists in calling himself Japanese and even flying Japan's flag. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, soldiers accuse Tomi's family of being spies. Even Billy begins treating Tomi differently. Some strong language and some violence. For grades 5-8C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant: polar (Enquête de Maud Graham. #4)
Par Chrystine Brouillet. 2006
" Un enfant est retrouvé mort sur les plaines d'Abraham. Près du cadavre, un homme se réveille, amnésique. Est-il coupable…
du crime? Qu'apprendra Maud Graham si elle réussit à lui parler? Y parviendra-t-elle avant qu'un autre enfant soit violé ou assassiné? Dans la chaleur de l'été et de cette troublante enquête, on retrouve Maud Graham, son univers et les personnes qui l'entourent, Grégoire, le jeune prostitué qu'elle aime tendrement, et Gagnon, le médecin légiste. Et c'est avec elle que l'on partagera l'angoisse de ses découvertes. " -- 4e de couvLe secret du verre bleu (Pleine lune #67. Conte)
Par Tomiko Inui. 1996
- Youri ne va pas nous oublier ? Au Japon, peut avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la famille Moriyama abrite…
quatre petits hommes anglais dans sa bibliothèque, les Milky. Pour se nourrir, ils utilisent le lait que leur verse chaque jour la petite Youri dans un mystérieux verre bleu. Mais la guerre éclate ! Le lait est rationné et l'inquiétude gagne les Milky.A long way home
Par Nancy Price Graff. 2001
Abdul's story
Par Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. 2022
"Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until…
Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist." -- Provided by publisherEl caso de la dama zurda (Enola Holmes mystery. Spanish #02)
Par Nancy Springer. 2018
"London, 1889. Eluding her brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola sets up her own detective agency in London under…
an assumed name. Using many disguises and costumes, Enola investigates the disappearance of sixteen-year-old Lady Cecily, who may have eloped." -- Provided by NLSMatty's war
Par Carroll Thomas. 1999
Sixteen-year-old Matty Trescott has just arrived from Kansas to live with her relative, Neely, in Connecticut. It's Christmas 1863 and…
far to the south, the Civil War is raging, and Neely will be off to school in Hartford but Matty has other plans.. (her story is based on the life of one of the 400 women who fought in the Union Army disguised as men...)