Chronological Period/1940's
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Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust
$19.99 Read moreIn this gentle, poetic young graphic novel, Dounia, a grandmother, tells her granddaughter the story even her son has never heard: how, as a young Jewish girl in Paris, she was hidden away from the Na
- Author: Dauvillier, Loic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1596438738
- Language: English
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Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941
$30.00 Add to cart“Monumental.” —The New York Times Book Review
Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin has written the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict- Author: Kotkin, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1184
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0143132156
- Language: English
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Finding Langston
$16.99 Add to cartA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
When eleven-year-old Langston’s father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago’s Bronzeville dist
Winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction- Series: The Finding Langston Trilogy
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 0823439607
- Language: English
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Execution (the Plot to Kill Hitler #2): Volume 2
$6.99 Add to cartBased on the real-life scheme to take down one of history’s greatest monsters, this heart-pounding trilogy puts two courageous kids at the center of the plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Summer 1944.Max, Gert… [more below]
- Series: Plot to Kill Hitler #2
- Author: Marino, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1338359045
- Language: English
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$10.95 Add to cartTraces the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from his birth in 1882 through his youth, early political career, and presidency to his death in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1945.
- Author: Freedman, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0395629780
- Language: English
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Remember World War II: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories
$7.99 Read moreRemember World War II: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories allows readers to understand the war not as seen through the eyes of soldiers but through the eyes of children who survived the bombings, th… [more below]
- Series: Remember
- Author: Nicholson, Dorinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 1426322518
- Language: English
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On the Wings of Heroes
$8.99 Read moreDavy Bowman’s dad looks forward to Halloween more than a kid, and Davy’s brother, Bill, flies B-17s. Davy adores these two heroes and tries his best to follow their lead, especially now. World War II … [more below]
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 16 2008
- ISBN10: 014241204X
- Language: English
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Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace
$21.99 Add to cartRecipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
From celebrated author
Recipient of a Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction Special Mention Honor Award
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019- Author: Bryan, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1534404902
- Language: English
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World War II Pilots: An Interactive History Adventure
$9.99 Add to cartAir raid The world’s great powers are at war again. This is the Second World War, but it is history’s first war in which airplanes play a major role. You want to fly and you want to fight. Will you: … [more below]
- Series: You Choose Books (Paperback)
- Author: Burgan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2013
- ISBN10: 162065718X
- Language: English
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Weedflower
$8.99 Read moreTwelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. The good part and the bad part. Raised on a flower farm in California, Sumiko is used to being th… [more below]
- Author: Kadohata, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 27 2009
- ISBN10: 1416975667
- Language: English
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The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition
$18.99 Read moreA Bank Street Best Children’s Book of 2023
In time for the 75th anniversary of the Partition of British
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2022
A Society of Illustrators Original Art Show Selection- Author: Shamsi, Shirin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1665906790
- Language: English
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Lentil
$9.99 Add to cartYoung Lentil wants to learn to sing, but no matter how hard he tries he can’t sing on key. He can’t even pucker his lips to whistle So Lentil learns to play the harmonica instead and beautifully carr… [more below]
- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: McCloskey, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 27 1978
- ISBN10: 0140502874
- Language: English
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The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II
$8.99 Add to cartA young readers’ edition of an important and inspiring true story of hope and survival during World War II.
Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. Bu- Author: Golabek, Mona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 031655488X
- Language: English
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Lily’s Crossing
$8.99 Add to cartThis “brilliantly told” (New York Times) Newbery Honor Book gives readers a sense of what it was like to be on the American home front while our soldiers were away fighting in World War II.
As in pas- Author: Giff, Patricia Reilly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 12 1999
- ISBN10: 0440414539
- Language: English
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The War That Saved My Life
$12.99 Add to cart“2016 Newbery Honor book
*Winner of the 2016 Schneider Family Book Award This #1 New York Times bestseller is an exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II. For fan- Author: Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 347
- Publish Date: May 22 2019
- ISBN10: 1432865862
- Language: English
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Cape
$8.99 Add to cart“Readers…will be enamored by this blend of history, mystery, and superpowered action.” —Booklist (starred review)
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“Has the exciting pace of a superhero adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews- Series: League of Secret Heroes #1
- Author: Hannigan, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1534439129
- Language: English
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Soldier Dogs: Victory at Normandy
$9.99 Read moreFans of the bestselling Max and Scout dog stories will love the fourth book in the Soldier Dog series, which takes readers to the beaches of Normandy and the most famous battle of World War II: D-Day.
- Series: Soldier Dogs #4
- Author: Sutter, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 0062844091
- Language: English
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Navajo Code Talkers: Top Secret Messengers of World War II
$8.99 Add to cartDuring World War II U.S. forces had to keep battle plans and other top secret information out of the enemy’s hands. Coded messages were often used, but secret codes could be broken. To solve this prob… [more below]
- Series: Amazing World War II Stories
- Author: Hoena, Blake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1543575498
- Language: English
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Choose Your Own Adventure Spies: Noor Inayat Khan
$7.99 Read moreChoose Your Own Adventure SPIES: Noor Inayat Khan by Rana Tahir puts YOU in the shoes of a real-life Princess turned war hero and spy. 9-12 year old readers will brave the many dangers of war, and ult… [more below]
- Author: Tahir, Rana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1937133370
- Language: English
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Soldier Dogs: Attack on Pearl Harbor
$9.99 Read moreInspired by the stories of the real dogs who courageously served during World War II, this action-packed book takes readers into the action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Includes a coll
- Series: Soldier Dogs #2
- Author: Sutter, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0062844059
- Language: English
