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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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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: 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
Michael Morpurgo
Illustrations by Michael Foreman
Historical Fiction
Ages 8 and up
HarperCollins UK, 2005, 0-00-718245-7
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
Anne Laurel Carter
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Penguin Canada, 2004, 0-14-301663-6
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: 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
John Wilson
Historical Fiction
Ages 14 and up
Kids Can Press, 2005, 1-55337-704-4
Hitler's Canary
Sandi Toksvig
Illustrated by Sandy Nightingale
Fiction
Ages 10 and up
Random House (UK), 2005, 0-385-60889-6
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 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
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
Jim Corrigan
Non-Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
OTTN Publishing, 2005, 1-59556-0041-9
Lily's Crossing
Patricia Reilly Giff
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House, 1997, 0 -4404-1453-9
Willow Run
Patricia Reilly Giff
Fiction
Ages 10 and up
Random House, 2005, 0-385-73067-5
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: 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: The Diary of Julie Weiss
Barry Denenberg
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2000, 0-439-09518-2
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
Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
Historical Fiction
Ages 9 to 12
Eerdmans, 1998, 0-8028-5150-9
A Foreign Field
Gillian Chan
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Kids Can Press, 2002, 1-55337-349-9
Going Solo
Roald Dahl
Non-Fiction Biography
Ages 14 and up
Penguin, 1986, 0-14-130310-7
B for Buster
Iain Lawrence
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House, 2004, 0-440-23810-2
Resistance
Janet Graber
Historical Fiction
Ages 14 and up
Marshall Cavendish, 2005, 0-7614-5214-1
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
Music For Alice
Allen Say
Picture Book
Ages 7 to 10
Houghton Mifflin, 2004, 0-618-31118-1
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
Eyewitness: World War II
Simon James
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 10 and up
DK, 2001, 0-7894-6990-1
Homefront
Doris Gwaltney
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2006, 0-689-86842-1
Escaping into the Night
D. Dina Friedman
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2006, 1-4169-0258-9
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I’m Still SCARED
Tomie dePaola
Fiction (Series)
Ages 7 to 9
Penguin Putnum, 2006, 0-399-24502-2
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
Gloria Whelan
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
HarperCollins, 2006, 0-06-008072-8
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: 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: 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: A Novel
Cynthia Rylant
Fiction
Ages 14 and up
Harcourt, 1993, 0-15-205312-3
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: 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
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
Philip Brooks
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 8 to 10
Compass Point Books, 2005, 0-7565-0683-2
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
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
Craig Simpson
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House UK, 2007, 978-0-552-55571-5
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
Graham Salisbury
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House, 2005, 978-0-440-22956-8
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