Quick view For Freeedom: The Story of a French Spy by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Despite the horrors of World War II, a French teenager pursues her dream of becoming an opera singer, which takes her to places where she gains information about what the Nazis are doing--information that the French Resistance needs. View Details
Quick view Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys n 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the... View Details
Quick view Heroes by Robert Cormier Eighteen-year-old Frances returns home from World War II without a face, having fallen on a grenade. Now, with gun in hand, Francis is looking for a man he once admired and respected--a man who destroyed his life. View Details
Quick view Ashes by Kathryn Lasky With Adolf Hitler slowly but unstoppably rising to power, Gabriella Schramm turns to her books for comfort. When Gaby's beloved books come under attack, she fears she may have to leave behind the fiction--and the life--she has always cherished. View Details
Quick view Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II. View Details
Quick view Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen At the start of the Civil War in 1861, 15-year-old Charlie leaves his farm and enlists in the First Minnesota Volunteers. After experiencing the horrors of war, Charlie comes back a man changed forever. This "stark, utterly persuasive novel of combat... View Details
Quick view Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt The Newbery Award winning author of Up a Road Slowly presents the unforgettable story of Jethro Creighton a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War View Details
Quick view How I Found the Strong: A Civil War Story by Margaret McMullan McMullan pens a gripping story of ten-year-old Frank Russell, who comes of age too soon during the Civil War--a war that mercilessly robs Frank of a simpler way of life, his boyhood, his family, and his idealistic dreams. View Details
Quick view The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War by Michael Shaara The Battle of Gettysburg was fought for two dreams-- freedom, and a way of life. Memories, promises, and love were carried into the battle but what fell was shattered futures, forgotten innocence, and crippled beauty. View Details
Quick view Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen In this "searing picture of slavery" ("Kirkus Reviews"),12-year-old slave Sarny risks terrible punishment as Nightjohn, an adult slave, teaches her how to read. An inspirational story, meticulously researched, and historically accurate. View Details
Quick view Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett An extraordinary World War II German agent with secret information about the Allied D-Day landing waits at an English lighthouse to be picked up by a submarine and becomes sidetracked by an affair with a paraplegic's wife. View Details
Quick view Flygirl by Sherri L Smith When America enters World War II, the Army creates the Women's Air Force Service Pilots. Ida Mae Jones, a young African-American woman, suddenly sees a way to fly as well as do something to help her brother stationed in the Pacific. View Details