Showing posts with label dean hughes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dean hughes. Show all posts

Monday, March 5, 2018

Remembering World War II: The Holocaust, The Fight, The Homefront

This week, I am sharing teen books set during World War II . . . .

Annexed by Sharon Dogar
Retells the story of Anne Frank from the perspective of Peter, who overcomes an initial loathing for the precocious young diarist before falling in love with her and questioning his faith in light of frightening persecutions.

Invasion by Walter Dean Myers
Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry were friends in Virginia, but now that they are both involved in the Normandy invasion, the differences in their positions is uncomfortable, for Josiah is a white infantryman and Marcus is a black transport driver, the only role the segregated army will allow him.

Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
Her life turned upside-down when a Japanese internment camp is opened in their small Colorado town, Rennie witnesses the way her community places suspicion on the newcomers when a young girl is murdered.

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes
Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.


More Books --
Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin
B for Buster by Iain Lawrence
Escaping Into the Night by D. Dina Friedman
The Extra by Kathryn Lasky
Fly Girl by Sherri L. Smith
For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Four-Four-Two by Dean Hughes
Girl in the Blue Coat by Karen Hesse
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonia Iturbe
Max by Sarah Cohen-Scali
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
The Right Fight by Chris Lynch
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Shanghai Shadows by Lois Ruby


Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through March 23, 2018.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Veteran's Day, Part 2

Continuing in our observance of Veteran's Day, here are some great books for teens on the war experience . . .

Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Curzon matures from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge.

Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
To escape an abusive father and an arranged marriage, fourteen-year-old Sarah, dressed as a boy, leaves her Michigan home to enlist in the Union Army, and becomes a soldier on the battlefields of Virginia.

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.

Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes
Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.

Search and Destroy by Dean Hughes
Recent high school graduate Rick Ward, undecided about his future and eager to escape his unhappy home life, joins the army and experiences the horrors of the war in Vietnam.

Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.

Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick
While recuperating in a Baghdad hospital from a traumatic brain injury sustained during the Iraq War, eighteen-year-old soldier Matt Duffy struggles to recall what happened to him and how it relates to his ten-year-old friend, Ali.