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6) Gingersnap
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes.
7) Romeo blue
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
During World War II, Felicity Bathburn is living in Bottlebay, Maine, with her eccentric relatives and their foster child Derek, whom she has grown to love, but when a man claiming to be Derek's true father arrives and starts asking all sorts of strange questions Felicity becomes suspicious of his motives.
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 4
Language
English
Description
Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war. Or they could continue their quest to find the House of Hades, where they might be able to open the Doors of Death, rescue their friends Percy and Annabeth from Tartarus and prevent monsters from being reincarnated in the mortal world. Whichever road they decide...
9) The cookcamp
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a little boy is sent to live with his grandma, a cook in a camp for workers building a road through the wilderness.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle--one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters--a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II--need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one...
Author
Series
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Dina, her mother, and two sisters must contend with the invasion of the Nazis of their small Ukrainian town during World War II. With the help of a new housekeeper, Nina, they struggle to stay safe from imminent danger to the Jewish community. Based on a true story."--
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Describes the events of World War II and explains the significance of the war today. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a member of the Dutch resistance, a Canadian soldier, and an American soldier"--Provided by publisher.
17) The war outside
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Teens Haruko, a Japanese American, and Margot, a German American, form a life-changing friendship as everything around them starts falling apart in the Crystal City family internment camp during World War II.
18) Maestoso Petra
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Maestoso Petra, a Lipizzaner stallion, trains to perform in the Spanish Riding School and is hidden away during the German occupation of Austria in World War II. Includes facts about Lipizzaner horses and the world-famous Spanish Riding School.
20) Spy runner
Author
Publisher
GodwinBooks, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
It's 1953 and the Cold War is on. Communism threatens all that the United States stands for, and America needs every patriot to do their part. So when a Russian boarder moves into the home of twelve-year-old Jake McCauley, he's on high alert. What does the mysterious Mr. Shubin do with all that photography equipment? And why did he choose to live so close to the Air Force base? Jake's mother says that Mr. Shubin knew Jake's dad, who went missing in...
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