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1) The women
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'Women can be heroes, too.' When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins...
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Vibrant and scrappy Maggie McCleod tried not to get fired from her wartime orchestra, but her sharp tongue landed her in trouble, so an overseas adventure with the USO's camp show promises a chance at a fresh start. Wealthy and elegant Catherine Duquette signs with the USO to leave behind her restrictive life of privilege and to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of the handsome pilot whose letters mysteriously stopped arriving. The two women...
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Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. ... Young schoolteacher Andree Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star of David. Andree is not Jewish, but she feels a maternal connection to her students, who are living in constant fear, and decides to take action. No child should have to suffer under...
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Henry Holt and Company
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2024.
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Set in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Peloponnesian War but told in contemporary Irish dialect, Glorious Exploits follows Lampo and Gelon, best friends since childhood. Thrilled to have survived the Athenians' recent invasion and as shocked by the Syracusan victory as everyone else, these unemployed potters are in a mood to celebrate. Of course, they hate the Athenians. Still, that doesn't mean you can't love the theatre of their great playwright Euripides,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
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From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke Teitler and her older sister, Astra, live in a house, in a city, in a world divided. Their father ran out on them when Rieke was only six, leaving their mother a wreck and their grandfather as their only stable family. He's done his best to provide for them and shield them...
6) Broken Keys
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A pianist living in a war-torn town where music has been banned, has his piano is broken and embarks on a dangerous mission to repair it.
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Academy Award winner Lee Marvin reprises his role from the Oscar-winning 1967 World War II film, again taking a team of misfits and criminals on a deadly operation behind enemy lines--The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission. United States Major Reisman's team understands they are expendable--that, most likely, they will not survive. But they opt for a chance, no matter how dangerous, for parole from prison and a return to normal life. All they have to do...
11) Dieppe Uncovered
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Dieppe Uncovered brings to life the events of August 19, 1942 by re-enacting key moments leading up to and during the Allies' attack on the small French port of Dieppe. At the heart of Dieppe Uncovered is a revelation that has never been written in history books. Surprisingly, centered around one soldier who went on to become a world famous writer.
12) 84 Charlie MoPic
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The title refers to the U.S. Army's former "MOS" (job code) for a combat cameraman. The story follows a unit of American G.I.s in Vietnam, all with different backgrounds and motives for being there, through the lens of his camera.
13) Storming Juno
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On D-Day, 150,000 Allied soldiers cross the English Channel to launch the largest sea-born invasion in history. By end of day it will be the most successful landing of them all.
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Through scratchboard art and quotes from the subject's letters, this picture book biography follows the life of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, who served in the Union army disguised as a man. Back matter materials include an author's note, two glossaries, recommended reading, a timeline of events, and additional historical information--
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During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale. A wonderful clash of fire and ice--a book you won't want to let go of.--Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she...
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In the midst of the Second World War, Second Lieutenant Bernard Stock finds himself thrust into a world of danger, duty, and unimaginable courage. As a member of the Royal Engineers, his initial assignment is to help construct an airfield in northern France. Little does he know that his journey is about to take a thrilling turn.With the German army closing in on the airfield, Lieutenant Stock receives a chilling order: destroy the very airfield he...
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A family epic laced with authenticity, wit and unforgettable characters. Liz O'Reilly has a husband in Vietnam, 4 kids under the age of 12 (and one on the way), and a burgeoning crush on the family priest. An unconventional love story.
It's Summer 1967 and Mike O'Reilly's just shipped out to Vietnam. Liz O'Reilly is trying to keep it all together for their four kids – 6 year old Deb–Deb (who believes she is an otter), 8 year old Angus, Kathie,...
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A young American farm boy and a Japanese student are swept away from their lives by war and end up playing a deadly game of cat and mouse on a Pacific Island.
It is a world war between with the lives and cultures of empires at stake, the largest and most vicious war to sweep across the globe. In spite of the sweep of the war around the world, in August 1942 many were focused on a rugged and brutal South Pacific island called Guadalcanal. Here,...
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What would you do if you were convinced you were going to die? Swept up in the frenzy of patriotism, Albert volunteers to serve his king and country. He is shipped off to the trenches of France along with almost every able-bodied man that he knows, leaving his estranged wife and his child behind. Convinced he will die a horrible death, he seeks comfort in the arms of Marie, a local French woman who gives him hope his last days might become bearable....
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Lieutenant Gene Sinclair never imagined the war would be like this.The training is over, and Gene begins the Pacific island hopping that will mature and harden him, and all the other GIs. Attached to the 24th Infantry Division, Gene's anti-aircraft unit stays close to the front lines of the war. He soon meets all that World War II can throw at him: accidents, injury, typhoons, supply shortages, hallucination-filled malaria, and the death of his friends....
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