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World War 1 "The Great War" (1914-1918)
January 1905
by Katharine Boling
JF BOLING, K.
In a 1905 mill town, eleven-year-old twin sisters, Pauline, who goes to work with the rest of the family, and Arlene, whose crippled foot keeps her home doing the cooking, cleaning, and washing, are convinced that the other sister has an easier life until a series of incidents helps them see each other in a new light.
The President's Daughter
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
JF BRADLEY, K.
A fictionalized account of ten-year-old Ethel Roosevelt's early experiences in the White House after her father, Theodore Roosevelt, becomes president in 1901.
Anna All Year Round
by Mary Downing Hahn
JF HAHN, M.
Eight-year-old Anna experiences a series of episodes, some that are funny, others sad, involving friends and family during a year in Baltimore just before World War I.
The Trouble With Jeremy Chance
by George Harrar
JF HARRAR, G.
In 1919, following a disagreement with his father and his first whipping by a belt, twelve-year-old Jeremy hops a train to Boston to meet his older brother, a soldier returning from World War I.
Eyes Like Willy's
by Juanita Havill
JF HAVILL, J.
While vacationing over the course of several summers in Austria, French siblings Guy and Sarah Masson become best friends with a German boy, until the outbreak of World War I puts them on opposing sides.
Secrets on 26th Street
by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
JF JONES, E.
In New York City in 1914, eleven-year-old Susan encounters a mystery through an independent-minded female boarder and becomes involved in the growing suffrage movement.
A Time for Courage : The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen
by Kathryn Lasky
JF LASKY, K.
A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.
Summer Soldiers
by Susan Hart Lindquist
JF LINDQUIST, S.
After his father goes off to war during the summer of 1918, eleven-year-old Joe, along with his friends, contends with the town bullies and tries to figure out the meaning of courage.
A Long Way to Go
by Zibby Oneal
J PBK O
JF ONEAL, Z.
Eight-year-old Lila deals with the women's suffrage movement that rages during World War I.
Goodbye, Billy Radish
by Gloria Skurzynski
JF SKURZYNSKI, G.
In 1917, as the United States enters World War I, ten-year-old Hank sees change all around him in his western Pennsylvania steel mill town and feels his older Ukrainian friend Billy drifting apart from him.
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