Military & Wars
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Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II (Scholastic Focus)
$19.99 Add to cartA thrilling account of the most daring American P.O.W. rescue mission of World War II.
Scholastic Focus is the premier home of thoroughly researched, beautifully written, and thoughtfully designed work
- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1338746162
- Language: English
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Echo
$19.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor Book
New York Times Bestseller
Children’s Literature Legacy Award Winner
This impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force from a treasured storyteller follows three children, in thr
- Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: February 24, 2015
- ISBN10: 0439874025
- Language: English
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Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal about the Japanese American Incarceration
$21.99 Add to cartThis important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration captured by three photographers–Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams–along with firsthand
- Author: Tamaki, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: October 25, 2022
- ISBN10: 1452165106
- Language: English
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Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
$21.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon, taking readers on a terrifying jo
- Author: Sheinkin, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1250149010
- Language: English
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Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
$12.99 Add to cart“Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find.”–Booklist, starred review
Throughout World War- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 06, 2006
- ISBN10: 0142405965
- Language: English
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Rags: Hero Dog of WWI: A True Story
$18.99 Read moreDuring World War I, while stationed overseas in France with the United States Army, Private James Donovan literally stumbles upon a small dog cowering on the streets of Paris. Named Rags for his dishe… [more below]
- Author: Raven, Margot Theis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 02 2014
- ISBN10: 1585362581
- Language: English
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The Book Thief
$27.99 Add to cartThis anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author’s writing
- Author: Zusak, Markus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 08, 2016
- ISBN10: 1101934182
- Language: English
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The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree
$14.99 Add to cartBatavia, Dutch East Indies, 1942. Emmy has the voice of an angel but hasn’t sung a note since a family tragedy. With war looming, her father plans to ship her off to a singing school in England for sa
- Author: Abendanon, Lucille
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 1631638203
- Language: English
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The Iliad
$18.99 Add to cartIn a companion volume to his award-winning adaptation of The Odyssey, the incomparable graphic novelist Gareth Hinds masterfully adapts Homer’s classic wartime epic.
More than three thousand years ago- Author: Hinds, Gareth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0763696633
- Language: English
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World War II for Kids: A History with 21 Activities
$19.99 Add to cartWe must never forget the tragedies of World War II, and teaching kids about our country’s efforts in this conflict is more important than ever.
This book is packed with information that kids will fin- Series: For Kids
- Author: Panchyk, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1556524552
- Language: English
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An Elephant in the Garden: Inspired by a True Story
$9.99 Add to cartLizzie and Karl’s mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don’t run
- Author: Morpurgo, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 1250034140
- Language: English
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83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary
$22.99 Add to cartA young adult graphic novel that captures the complexities of the war in Ukraine, focusing on the siege of Mariupol (Feb ’22 – May ’22) and the brave people who stayed to defend their city against Rus
- Author: Brown, Don
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063311569
- Language: English
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Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust
$22.99 Add to cartA gripping nonfiction graphic novel that follows the stories of Jewish children, separated from their parents, who escaped the horrors of the Holocaust. From the Sibert Honor and YALSA Award-winning c
- Author: Brown, Don
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 0358538165
- Language: English
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Bomb (Graphic Novel): The Race to Build–And Steal–The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
$17.99 Add to cartA riveting graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book, Bomb–the fascinating and frightening true story of the creation behind the most destructive force that birthed the arms race
- Author: Sheinkin, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 125020674X
- Language: English
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Facing the Mountain (Adapted for Young Readers): A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
$19.99 Add to cartAdapted for young readers from the New York Times bestseller by Daniel James Brown, Facing the Mountain is the remarkable true story of three brave Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United
- Author: Brown, Daniel James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593465660
- Language: English
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Unbroken: An Olympian’s Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
$14.99 Add to cartIn this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian’s courage, cunning, and forti
- Author: Hillenbrand, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 25, 2017
- ISBN10: 0385742525
- Language: English
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A Place to Hang the Moon
$12.99 Add to cartA heartwarming story about three siblings, evacuated from London to live in the countryside, looking for a permanent home–and a new meaning for family.
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year- Author: Albus, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0823452468
- Language: English
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What Was World War I?
$7.99 Add to cartThis compelling addition to the What Was? series covers what was supposed to be “the war to end all wars” but tragically wasn’t.
In 1914, the assassination of an Austrian archduke set off a disastrous- Series: What Was?
- Author: Medina, Nico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 059352165X
- Language: English
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Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale
$15.99 Add to cartLearn about the most well-known battles (and little-known secrets) of World War I with author-illustrator Nathan Hale’s Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood, a Hazardous Tale from the New York Times bes
- Series: Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales
- Author: Hale, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 13, 2014
- ISBN10: 1419708082
- Language: English
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I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944
$19.99 Add to cartLarge Print�s increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 185
- Publish Date: March 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1432874683
- Language: English
