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Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The US government claimed anyone of Japanese descent was an enemy due to the Pearl Harbor bombing.
George and his family had committed no crime. They were American in every way. But because they looked like the enemy, they were forcibly removed from their home. My Lost Freedom is Star Trek actor, activist, and American icon George Takei's story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II. It's about how Daddy and...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
320 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Max doesn't want to be sent to London. He's never left Berlin. He barely speaks English. He doesn't want to live with strangers. Most of all, he doesn't want to leave his parents behind.
On the Kindertransport boat to England, Max has never felt more alone--until he meets two unexpected traveling companion: a kobold named Berg and a dybbuk named Stein.
Germany is becoming more and more dangerous for Jewish families, but Max is still determined to...
3) Rescue
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Nearly two years ago, Meg Kenyon's father left their home in France to fight for the Allies in World War II. Recently Meg heard he had been taken prisoner by the Nazis. All Meg has left of him now are the codes he placed in a jar for her to decipher, an affectionate game the two of them once shared. But even those are running low.
Suddenly, an impossible chance to save her father falls into Meg's lap when she finds an injured British spy hiding in...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's been years since the Nazis invaded Max Rosen's home country of Poland. All the Jewish people, including Max's family, have been forced to live in a ghetto. At least Max and his sister, Zena, had Papa with them... Until 2 months ago, when the Nazis took him away. Now Max and Zena are on their own.
One day, with barely enough food to survive, the siblings make a daring escape from Nazi soldiers into the nearby forests. They are found by Jewish...
5) Projekt 1065
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
309 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Ireland, now lives in Nazi Germany with his parents. Like the other boys in his school, Michael is a member of the Hitler Youth. But Michael has a secret. He and his parents are spies.
Michael despises everything the Nazis stand for. But he joins in the Hitler Youth's horrific games and book burnings, playing the part so he can gain insider knowledge. When Michael learns about Projekt...
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First Edition ;
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
148 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Paul Colbert's French village has been under Nazi control for years. His Jewish best friend has disappeared, food is scarce, and there doesn't seem to be anything Paul can do to make things better.
Then Paul finds an American paratrooper stuck in a tree, when Paul helps the soldier, he discover a secret resistance movement--and he learns the allies have a plan to crush the Nazis. But first, the resistance needs Paul's help.
This is Paul's chance...
7) Heroes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. With their dads stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, the boys get to soak up the sunshine while writing and drawing their own comic books. World War II might be raging overseas, but so far America has stayed out of the fight. There's nothing to fear, right?
December 7, 1941: Everything implodes.
Frank and Stanley are touring a battleship when Japanese planes zoom overhead,...
8) Grenade
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
It's 1945, and the world is in the grip of war.
Hideki lives with his family on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When World War II crashes onto his shores, Hideki is yanked out of school and drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don't come back until you've killed an American solider.
Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa with his squad....