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Author
Series
I survived (Graphic novels) volume 9
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
With his French village under Nazi control, Paul Colbert joins a secret resistance after rescuing an American paratrooper and gets his chance to make a difference in the midst of the largest invasion in history, working to do his part in turning horror into hope.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Appears on list
Description
Ten-year-old Ada has never left her family's one-room apartment. Her bitter mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. But when her little brother, Jamie is going to be shipped out of London to escape World War II, Ada doesn't waste a minute: she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take in two kids. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read,...
Author
Series
Romeo volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Description
During World War II, eleven-year-old Felicity is sent from London to Bottlebay, Maine, to live with her grandmother, aunt, uncle, and a reclusive boy who helps her decode mysterious letters that contain the truth about her missing parents.
9) Romeo blue
Author
Series
Romeo volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Description
During World War II, Felicity Bathburn is living in Bottlebay, Maine, with her eccentric relatives and their foster child Derek, whom she has grown to love, but when a man claiming to be Derek's true father arrives and starts asking all sorts of strange questions Felicity becomes suspicious of his motives.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
As World War II begins, London orphan Emmie is unhappy to be evacuated to an old mansion in the Yorkshire countryside until she starts discovering the secrets of the house--a boy crying at night, a diary written by a girl named Mary, and a very secret garden.
11) Boxes for Katje
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.
12) Lifeboat 12
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.
13) Kim/Kimi
Author
Pub. Date
c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Despite a warm relationship with her mother, stepfather, and half brother, sixteen-year-old Kim feels the need to find answers about the Japanese American father she never knew.
14) Helicopters
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the history of flight, focusing on the development of helicopters, and discussing their use for both military and civilian purposes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Description
"At first Tally doesn't want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But she soon discovers that it is a wonderful place where freedom and self expression are valued. Tally organizes a ragtag dance troupe so the school can participate in an international folk dancing festival in Bergania in the summer of 1939. There she befriends Karil, the crown prince, who would love nothing more than to have ordinary friends and attend a school like Delderton....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"What turns an ordinary person into a hero? What happens in the blink of an eye on a battlefield (or in any dangerous situation) to bring out true courage? The men and women who have been recognized by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation know the answers to these questions deep in their hearts"--Amazon.com.
Author
Description
Afer his family disappears in a German bombing raid, Harry Baguely decides to fend for himself. With only a faithful dog as his compaion, and nowhere else to go, he begins a courageous journey along the northern English seacoast. Day by day, the adventure becomes more difficult, as he encounters war-weary civilians and soldiers, amiable madmen, the angry sea, and those who would do him harm. Worst of all, Harry has no idea what reward his struggles...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Artem lives in the sleepy city of Stalingrad, which has mostly been cut off from war with Nazi Germany--until now. That July, martial law is declared as the Nazis begin their unprecedented march toward the city. Artem's older brother is a soldier in Stalin's Red Army, and Artem is worried for his brother's safety once he and his family have evacuated the city. Then the announcement comes. Stalin has ordered that no civilians be allowed to leave Stalingrad....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
"Cecily and Jeremy have been sent to live with Uncle Peregrine in the English countryside, safe from the war, along with a young refugee named May. But when Cecily and May find two mysterious boys hiding in the ruins of a nearby castle, their extraordinary adventures are just beginning"--Dust jacket flap.