Showing 1–23 of 23 books
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The Berlin Boxing Club
In 1934, Karl's Jewishness has never been an issue, but suddenly it is. Offered the opportunity to train under a champion, Karl grabs it and boxing becomes his refuge.- Historical Fiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780061579707
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Between Shades of Gray
In 1941, Lina and her family are taken from their home in Lithuania and sent to Siberia where, despite horrific conditions, Lina maintains hope that she will survive.
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The Book Thief
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Boxers
This two volume graphic novel tells parallel stories of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion.
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The Boy Who Dared
A German boy risks his life to expose the truth behind the Nazi regime.
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Chains: Seeds Of America
Isabel fights for her freedom as the Revolutionary War breaks out.
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Code Talker: A Novel About The Navajo Marines Of World War Two
Sixteen-year-old Ned Begay joins an elite group of code breakers.
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Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
Swashbuckling heroine Delilah Dirk partners with Selim, a mild-mannered Turkish lieutenant, in a series of globetrotting adventures. -
Etiquette & Espionage
Sophronia discovers her finishing school teaches more than just proper decorum.
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The Fire Horse Girl
Jade Moon knows she doesn't fit in as a Chinese girl in 1923 America. However, her zodiac sign is the Fire Horse, which makes her stubborn and creative enough to invent a new life.
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Flygirl
Southern-born Ida Mae "passes" for white to fly planes during World War Two.
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Girl in a Cage
Marjorie Bruce tells the story of her weeks being held as a hostage by the King of England.
- Historical Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780142401323
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In the Shadow of Blackbirds
In San Diego in 1918, as deadly influenza and World War I take their toll, sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches desperate mourners flock to séances and spirit photographers for comfort and, despite her scientific leanings, must consider if ghosts are real when her first love, killed in battle, returns.
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Mare's War
Two sisters learn about their grandmother's service as an African-American in the Women's Army Corp during World War Two.
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Mudbound
At the close of WW II, two soldiers return to their home in the South to find racial tensions as explosive as the battlefields of Europe. This beautifully written story casts a spell as inescapable as the mud fields of the Mississippi Delta.
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Never Fall Down
Life and death under the Khmer Rouge in 1970's Cambodia.- Historical Fiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780061730955
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Once
Felix, a naive Jewish boy in a Catholic orphanage, runs away to find his parents in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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The Perilous Gard
When Kate Sutton is exiled to a distant castle called the Perilous Gard by Queen Mary Tudor, she soon realizes that the place is hiding a secret tied to fairy folklore and human sacrifice. Retelling of Tam Lin.
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Requiem: Poems of the Terezín Ghetto
Poetry celebrates and mourns the creative community of Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt.
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Saints
This two volume graphic novel tells parallel stories of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion.
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Sparks: the Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie
"$5 for a holy quest" is a good deal when you're on a desperate chase to reveal your secret lesbian crush to your best friend before she breaks her abstinence pledge with the most boring guy at school.
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Strings Attached
Kit is caught in a mix of love, mystery, Broadway glamour, and mob retribution in 1950 New York.
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War Brothers: The Graphic Novel
This moving graphic novel discusses the kidnapping and training of child soldiers in Uganda. These children not only face the harsh reality of war, but also the rehabilitation to normal life after seeing such horrors.