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World War II (1939-1945)
Don't You Know There's a War On?
by Avi
JF AVI.
It's WWII in 1943, and in Brooklyn eleven-year-old Howie Crispers mounts a campaign to save his favorite teacher from being fired.
My Wartime Summers
by Jane Cutler
JF CUTLER, J.
Over four memorable summers, Ellen and her friends follow the war taking place far away, one that still touches their lives.
Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows
by Barry Denenberg
JF DENENBERG, B.
In her diary, twelve-year-old Amber describes moving to Hawaii in 1941 and experiencing the horror of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The Journal of Ben Uchida, Citizen #13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp
by Barry Denenberg
JF DENENBERG, B.
Twelve-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal of his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Mirror Lake, California, during World War II.
Willow Run
by Patricia Reilly Giff
JF GIFF, P.
During World War II, after moving with her parents to Willow Run, Michigan, when her father gets a job in the B-24 bomber-building factory, eleven-year-old Meggie learns about different kinds of bravery from all of the people around her.
Love You, Soldier
by Amy Hest
JF HEST, A.
Katie, a Jewish girl living in New York City during World War II, sees many dynamic changes in her world as she ages from seven to ten waiting for her father to return from the war.
The Victory Garden
by Lee Kochenderfer
JF KOCHENDERFER, L.
Hoping to contribute to the war effort during World War II, eleven-year-old Teresa organizes her friends to care for an ill neighbor's victory garden.
Pearl Harbor Is Burning! : A Story of World War II
by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
J PBK K
JF Kudlinski, K.
When his family moves to Hawaii in 1941, Frank feels out of place until he makes friends with a Japanese American boy--the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier
by Walter Dean Myers
JF MYERS, W.
A seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia records his experiences in a journal as his regiment takes part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France.
Foster's War
by Carolyn Reeder
JF REEDER, C.
When his older brother joins the army during World War II in order to escape the rages of an authoritarian father, eleven-year-old Foster fights his battles on the home front.
Hiroshima
by Laurence Yep
JF YEP, L.
Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.
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