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81) A bag of marbles
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1941, ten-year-old Joseph Joffo and his older brother, Maurice, must hide their Jewish heritage and undertake a long and dangerous journey from Nazi-occupied Paris to reach their other brothers in the free zone.
82) Scorched earth
Author
Series
Henderson's boys volume 7
Publisher
Hodder Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The final and eagerly anticipated adventure in the Henderson's Boys series: find out how CHERUB began!
84) Then
Author
Series
Once series volume 2
Language
English
Description
In early 1940s Poland, ten-year-old Felix and his friend Zelda escape from a cattle car headed to the Nazi death camps and struggle to survive, first on their own and then with Genia, a farmer with her own reasons for hating Germans.
87) Come November
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Senior year at high school is going to be hard enough for Rooney Harris, desperate to get into a good college and away from her small town, but things get tougher when she ends up as the sole support for herself and her younger brother because of their mother's obsession with the Next World Society, a cult that believes they will be whisked away to a new world paradise on November 17.
88) City of spies
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Evelyn, who usually entertains herself with a pencil and a piece of paper, makes a new friend named Tony and leaves her artwork behind to look for real spies. When the pair discovers an actual mystery, Evelyn wonders if she will end up in an adventure similar to the comics she writes.
89) One shot kill
Author
Series
Henderson's boys volume 6
Publisher
Hodder Children's
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Spring, 1943. The war is turning against Germany, but Hitler isn't giving up. In a secret bunker deep in occupied France, scientists are hard at work on Hitler's latest deadly weapon: code name FZG-76. Back in England Henderson's boys will need to undergo advanced sniper training if they have any chance of infiltrating the bunker. Parachuting into occupied France, they track down a secret dossier filled with invaluable material and uncover the meaning...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Why did the American Revolution take place? It was about more than the dates and details we all know: war elephants charging a fort in India and high-stakes gambles of bankers in Scotland, among other events, also played a part in the "real revolution" in the minds of the entire population of what would become the United States.
Author
Series
Bloodline (Kate Cary) volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
In this story told primarily through journal entries, a British soldier in World War I makes the horrifying discovery that his regiment commander is descended from Count Dracula.
94) Victory
Author
Series
Resistance trilogy volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In 1944, as Allied forces move to retake France from its Nazi invaders, the Tessier siblings risk their lives once more and journey to Paris, where they are to deliver top-secret intelligence to Resistance workers.
95) The Midnight zoo
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories, helping the children understand what has become of their lives and what it means to be free.
97) After
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following a heartbreaking struggle to survive as a Jewish child in Germany, Felix faces perhaps his greatest challenge; to find hope when he's lost almost everything. As Europe goes through the final agonizing stages of the war, Felix struggles to reconcile hatred and healing.
98) The Cold War
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Presents the history of the Cold War through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, and songs dating from the period. Includes review questions.
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