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Snow treasure

Snow Treasure
Marie McSwigan
Illustrated by Mary Reardon
Historical Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Penguin, 2005, 0-525-47626-1
 
 

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The American Girl Collections - Molly

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The Boy at War Trilogy

Where the Action was

Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II
Penny Coleman
Non-Fiction
Ages 12 and up
 Crown, 2002, 0-517-80075-6 

Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter: Women working on the Home Front in World War II
Pebby Coleman
Non-Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Crown Publishers, 1995, 0-517-88567-0

The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Michael Morpurgo
Illustrations by Michael Foreman
Historical Fiction
Ages 8 and up
HarperCollins UK, 2005, 0-00-718245-7
 

Blueberries for the Queen

Blueberries For the Queen
John and Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by Susan Jeffers
Picture Book
Ages 6 to 8
HarperCollins, 2004, 0-06-623942-7

Last Chance Bay

Last Chance Bay
Anne Laurel Carter
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Penguin Canada, 2004, 0-14-301663-6
 

The Feather-bed Journey

The Feather-Bed Journey
Paula Kurzband Feder
Illustrated by Stacey Schuett
Picture Book
Ages 7 to 10
Albert Whitman and Co., 1995, 0-8075-2330-5

Anne Frank

Anne Frank: A Photographic Story of a Life
Kem Knapp Sawyer
Non-fiction
Ages 10 and up
Dorling Kindersley, 2004, 0-7566-0341-2
  

Four steps to death

Four Steps to Death
John Wilson
Historical Fiction
Ages 14 and up
Kids Can Press, 2005, 1-55337-704-4 

Hitler's Canary

Hitler's Canary
Sandi Toksvig
Illustrated by Sandy Nightingale
Fiction
Ages 10 and up
Random House (UK), 2005, 0-385-60889-6 

Luba

Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen
As told to Michelle R. McCann by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick
Illustrations by Ann Marshall
Picture Book
Ages 8 and up
Tricycle Press, 2003, 1-58246-098-1 

The Yellow Star

The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark
Carmen Agra Deedy
Illustrated by Henri Sorensen
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 7
Peachtree, 2000, 1-56145-208-4 

Boxes for Katje

Boxes for Katje
Candace Fleming
Pictures by Stacey Dressen- McQueen
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 7
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003, 0-374-30922-1
 

Causes of World War II

Causes of World War II
Jim Corrigan
Non-Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
OTTN Publishing, 2005, 1-59556-0041-9
 

Lilly's Crossing

Lily's Crossing
Patricia Reilly Giff
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House, 1997, 0 -4404-1453-9 

Willow Run

Willow Run
Patricia Reilly Giff
Fiction
Ages 10 and up
Random House, 2005, 0-385-73067-5
 

The Cats in Krasinski Square

The Cats in Krasinski Square
Karen Hesse
Illustrated by Wendy Watson
Picture Book
Ages 5 and up
Scholastic Press, 2004, 0-439-43540  

Domenic's War

Domenic’s War: A story of the Battle of Monte Cassino
Curtis Parkinson
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Tundra, 2006, 0-88776-751-6 

One eye laughing the other weeping

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss
Barry Denenberg
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2000, 0-439-09518-2
 

My Secret War

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck
Mary Pope Osborne
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2000, 0-590-68715-8
  

A Traitor Among us

A Traitor Among Us
Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
Historical Fiction
Ages 9 to 12
Eerdmans, 1998, 0-8028-5150-9 

A Foreign Field

A Foreign Field
Gillian Chan
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Kids Can Press, 2002, 1-55337-349-9 

Going Solo

Going Solo
Roald Dahl
Non-Fiction Biography
Ages 14 and up
Penguin, 1986, 0-14-130310-7 

B for Buster

B for Buster
Iain Lawrence
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House, 2004, 0-440-23810-2
 

Resistance

Resistance
Janet Graber
Historical Fiction
Ages 14 and up
Marshall Cavendish, 2005, 0-7614-5214-1 

Escape from war

My Side of the Story: Escape from War
James Riordan
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 9 to 12
Houghton Mifflin, 2005, 0-7534-5794-6
 

Blitz: The Diary of Edie Benson, London 1940-1941
Vince Cross
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic UK, 2001, 0-439-99941-3
  

Blitz
Music for Alice

Music For Alice
Allen Say
Picture Book
Ages 7 to 10
Houghton Mifflin, 2004, 0-618-31118-1

Battle of britain

Battle of Britain: Harry Woods, England 1939-1941
Vince Cross
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic UK, 2002, 0-439-99423-3
 

The Flag with Fifty-Six Stars
Susan Goldman Rubin
Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 8 to 12
Holiday House, 2005, 0-8234-2019-1
 

The Flag with fifty six stars
Eyewitness WWII

Eyewitness: World War II
Simon James
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 10 and up
DK, 2001, 0-7894-6990-1
 

Homefront

Homefront
Doris Gwaltney
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2006, 0-689-86842-1

Escaping into the night

Escaping into the Night
D. Dina Friedman
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2006, 1-4169-0258-9
  .

I'm Still Scared

I’m Still SCARED
Tomie dePaola
Fiction (Series)
Ages 7 to 9
Penguin Putnum, 2006, 0-399-24502-2 

Ultra Hush Hush

Ultra Hush-Hush: Espionage and Special Missions
Stephen Shapiro and Tina Forrester
Art by David Craig
Non-Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Annick Press, 2003, 1-55037-778-7

Summer of the War

Summer of the war
Gloria Whelan
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
HarperCollins, 2006, 0-06-008072-8
 

Good Bye Marianne

Good-bye Marianne: A Story of growing up in Nazi Germany
Irene N. Watts
Historical Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Tundra Books, 1998, 0-88776-445-2

Remember Me

Remember me: A search for refuge in wartime Britain
Irene N. Watts
Historical Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Tundra Books, 2000, 0-88776-619-X 

Finding Sophie

Finding Sophie: A Search for belonging in Postwar Britain
Irene N. Watts
Historical Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Tundra Books, 2002, 0-88776-613-7  

I had seen castles

I had seen Castles: A Novel
Cynthia Rylant
Fiction
Ages 14 and up
Harcourt, 1993, 0-15-205312-3

Rose Blanche

Rose Blanche
Christopher Gallaz and Roberto Innocenti
Illustrated by Robert Innocenti
Picture Book
Ages 8 and up
Creative Editions, 1985, 978-56846-189-2
 

High Flight

High Flight: A Story of World War II
Linda Granfield
Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
Non-fiction biography
Ages 8 to 12
Tundra, 1999, 0-88776-469-X

Erika's Story

Erika’s Story
Ruth Vander Zee
Illustrated by Roberto Innocenti
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 8 and up
The Creative Company, 2003, 1-56846-176-3
 

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen
Philip Brooks
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 8 to 10
Compass Point Books, 2005, 0-7565-0683-2
 
 

Wind flyers

Wind Flyers
Angela Johnson
Illustrated by Loren Long
Fiction and Non-Fiction picture Book
Ages 5 to 9
Simon and Schuster, 2007, 978-0-689-84879-7

Rebakkah's Journey

Rebekkah’s Journey: A World War II Refugee Story
Ann E. Burg
Illustrated by Joel Iskowitz
Historical Fiction Picture Book (Series)
Ages 8 to 12
Sleeping Bear Press, 2006, 1-58536-275-1
 

Resistance

Resistance
Craig Simpson
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House UK, 2007, 978-0-552-55571-5
 

Remember WWII

Remember WWII: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories
Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson
Foreword by Madeleine K. Albright
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
National Geographic, 2005, 0-7922-7179-3
 

Eyes of the Emperor

Eyes of the Emperor
Graham Salisbury
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House, 2005, 978-0-440-22956-8
 

Children of the Wold War II Home Front

Children of the World War II Home Front

Sylvia Whitman

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 7 to 9

Lerner, 2001, 1-57505-484-1

 

 

Music for the end of time

Music for the end of time

Jen Bryant

Illustrated by Beth Peck

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 8 to 10

Eerdmans, 2005, 0-8028-5229-7

 

For Freedom

For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Random House, 2003, 0-440-41831-3

 

Behind Enemy Lines

Behind Enemy Lines: A Young Pilot’s Story

H.R. DeMallie

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 12 and up

Sterling Publishing, 2007, 1-4027-4137-5

 

Don't you know there's a war on

Don’t you know there’s a war on?

Avi

Fiction

Ages 8 to 12

HarperCollins, 2001, 0-380-81544-3

 

The Kipflish Code

The Klipfish Code

Mary Casanova

Historical Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Houghton Mifflin, 2007, 0-618-88393-2

 

A Coming Evil

A Coming Evil

Vivian Vande Velde

Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Houghton Mifflin, 2007, 0-618-75781-8

 

Journey to America

Journey to America Saga: Journey to America

Sonia Levitin

Fiction (Series)

Ages 9 to 12

Simon and Schuster, 1987, 0-689-71130-1

 

The Upstairs Room

The Upstairs Room

Johanna Reiss

Historical Fiction

Ages 12 and up

HarperCollins, 1990, 9780064-40370-2\

 

The Journey Back

The Journey Back

Johanna Reiss

Historical Fiction

Ages 12 and up

iUniverse, 2007, 0-595-43050

 

David and the Mighty Eighth

David and the Mighty Eighth

Marjorie Hodgson Parker

Illustrated by Mark Postlethwaite

Foreword by Lt. Gen. E.G. Shuler, Jr.

Historical Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Bright sky Press, 2007, 1-931721-93-9

 

Thin Wood walls

Thin Wood Walls

David Patneaude

Historical Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Houghton Mifflin, 2004, 978-0-618-80915-8

 

Always Remember Me

Always Remember Me

Marisabina Russo

Historical Picture Book

Ages 6 to 10

Simon and Schuster, 2005, 0-689-86920-7

 

On rough seas

On rough seas

Nancy L. Hull

Historical Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Clarion, 2008, 978-0-618-89743-8

 

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

The sinking of the USS Indianapolis

March Tyler Nobleman

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 9 to 12

Compass Point Books, 2007, 0-7565-2031-2

 

 

Someone Named Eva

Someone Named Eva

Joan M. Wolf

Historical Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Clarion Books, 2007, 0-618-53579-9

 

The Mozart Question

The Mozart Question

Michael Morpurgo

Illustrated by Michael Foreman

Historical Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Candlewick Press, 2008, 978-0-7636-3552-7

 

My Canary Yellow Star

My Canary Yellow Star

Eva Wiseman

Historical Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Tundra Books, 2001, 0-88776-533-5

 

 

There come a soldier

There come a Soldier

Peggy Mercer

Illustrated by Ron Mazellan

Picture Book

Ages 6 and up

Handprint Books, 2007, 1-59354-192-9

 

Kistrallnacht

Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass: Igniting the Nazi War Against Jews

Stephanie Fitzgerald

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 10 to 12

Compass Point Books, 2008, 978-0-7565-3489-9

 

The Silver Sword

The silver Sword

Ian Serraillier

Drawings by C. Walter Hodges

Historical Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Random House UK, 1956, 0-224-07077-0

 

The Boy who dared

The Boy who dared

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Historical Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Scholastic, 2008, 0-439-68013-1

 

Tamar

Tamar

Mal Peet

Historical Fiction

Ages 14 and up

Candlewick Press, 2007, 978-07636-3488-9

 

Battling in the Pacific

Battling in the Pacific: Soldiering in World War II

Susan Provost Beller

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 12 and up

Lerner, 2008, 978-0-8225-6381-5

The Japanese American Internment

The Japanese American Internment: Civil Liberties Denied

Michael Burgan

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 10 to 12

Compass Point Books, 2007, 0-7565-2453-9

  .

Hidden on the Mountain

Hidden on the Mountain: Stories of children sheltered from the Nazis in Le Chambon

Deborah Durland DeSaix and Karen Gray Ruelle

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Holiday House, 2007, 0-8234-1928-2

  

The Holocaust

Days of Change: The Holocaust

Valerie Bodden

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 9 to 12

The Creative Company, 2008, 978-1-58341-5474

 

Black and White Airmen Their true Story

Black and White Airmen: Their True Story

John Fleischman

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Houghton Mifflin, 2007, 0-618-56297-4

 

 

War, Women and the news

War, Women, and the News: How female journalists won the battle to cover World War II

Catherine Gourley

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Simon and Schuster, 2007, 0-689-87752-8

 

I will plant you a tree

I will plant you a lilac tree: A Memoir of a Schindler’s list survivor

Laura Hillman

Non-Fiction

Ages 14 and up

Simon and Schuster, 2005, 1-4169-5366-3

 

Traitor

Traitor

Gudrun Pausewang

Translated by Rachel Ward

Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Lerner, 2006, 0-8225-6195-6

 

Brave deeds

Brave Deeds: How one family saved many from the Nazis

Ann Alma

Non-Fiction

Ages 9 to12

Groundwood Books, 2008, 0-88899-791-4

  

Run boy run

Run, Boy, Run

Uri Orlev

Translated by Hillel Halkin

Historical Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Houghton Mifflin, 2003, 0-618-95706-5

 

 

Jimmy's Stars

Jimmy’s Stars

Mary Ann Rodman

Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008, 0-374-33703-9

 

 

Farewell to Manzanar

Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Random House, 2007, 978-0-553-27258-1

  

Blue Skies amd Gunfire

Blue Skies and Gunfire

K. M. Peyton

Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Random House UK, 2006, 978-1-862-30157-3

 

Eli remembers

Eli Remembers

Ruth Vander Zee and Marian Snieder

Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth

Picture Book

Ages 6 to 8

Eerdmans, 2007, 978-0-8028-5309-7

 

Elephant Run

Elephant Run

Roland Smith

Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Hyperion, 2007, 142310402-1

 

The Diary of Laura’s Twin

Kathy Kacer

Historical Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Second Story Press, 2008, 978-1-897187-39-5

 

The Diary of Laura's twin
Destined to Live

Destined to Live: A True Story of a child in the holocaust

Ruth Gruener

Non-Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Scholastic, 2007, 0-439-89204-X

 

The Peace Bell

The Peace Bell

Margi Preus

Illustrated by Hideko Takahashi

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

Henry Holt, 2009, 0-8050-7800-2

 

Goodbye Marianne The Graphic Novel

Good-bye Marianne: The Graphic Novel

Irene N. Watts

Illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker
Historical Fiction Graphic Novel
Ages 8 to 12
Tundra Books, 2008, 088776830X
  

Tell no one who you are

Tell no one who you are: The hidden childhood of Regine Miller

Walter Buchignani

Non-Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Tundra Books, 2008, 0887768172

 

 

 

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