Alan Gratz
1) Refugee
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
2) Ground Zero
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
3) 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
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
Author
Publisher
[Scholastic Audio]
Pub. Date
[2015].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hours and 9 minutes) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A timely, nonstop action-adventure about the War on Terror--and a family torn apart. When seventeen-year-old Iranian American Kamran Smith learns that his brother has been labeled a terrorist, he knows something isn't right. In a race against time, it is up to Kamran to prove his brother's innocence, even as the country has turned against him and his family. With the help of a ragtag team of underground intelligence professionals, Kamran must piece...
6) Grenade
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition,
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
270 pages : 21 cm.
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....
7) Allies
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
322 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this...
8) Two degrees
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
365 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florida--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world.
9) Heroes
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition ;
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
219 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
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,...