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• Number the Stars

  Lowry, Lois

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  Set during World War II, 10-year-old Anniemarie Johansen and her family smuggle in Annemarie’s Jewish best friend Ellen Rosen at a time when Nazi soldiers were rounding up Denmark’s Jewish citizens and sending them to concentration camps. A touching…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book Thief

  Zusak, Markus

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  This novel will draw you into the world of 1939 Germany, and a foster child, the "book thief" Liesel Meminger, who takes refuge with a German family. It is a profoundly moving exploration of life, death, and personal courage.

• Maus

  a Survivor's Tale

  Spiegelman, Art

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  A powerful relationship between a Holocaust survivor and his son is explored in this well-known, classic graphic novel. Renowned artist Art Spiegelman retells his father’s experiences during and after the Holocaust. One of the best Holocaust memoirs…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

  Cleave, Chris

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  This novel is a sweeping saga about a love affair that flourishes amid the 1939 war effort and the London Blitz.

• China Dolls

  a Novel

  See, Lisa

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  This novel takes place in the San Francisco nightclubs of World War II. It tells the story of three young women - Grace, Helen, and Ruby, and how their lives are changed by the events following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• Snaps

  Kraatz, Rebecca, 1968-

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  A graphic novel set in a small Vancouver Island town during the Second World War, this collection of overlapping short stories is inspired by old photographs found at a flea market.

• Jobnik!

  An American Girl's Adventures in the Israeli Army

  Libicki, Miriam

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  An autobiographical graphic novel, this book tells the story of Libicki’s journey to Israel to join the army in order to find herself.

• The Witch of Lime Street

  Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World

  Jaher, David

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  After World War I, Spiritualism, became all the rage in Europe and America. In the 1920’s, escape artist Harry Houdini turned his energies to exposing spiritualist frauds who claimed to communicate with the dead. Mrs. Mina Cranston, whom reporters…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Diviners

  Bray, Libba

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  Evie O’Neill is delighted when she is banished from her hometown in Ohio to her Uncle Will’s care in Manhattan. Edie’s ability to read another person’s past while holding an object that belongs to them triggers her involvement with helping to solve…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Afterworlds

  Westerfeld, Scott

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  A romantic, paranormal coming-of-age story, this novel tells two alternating stories of a young writer and her main character as they face challenges and fall in love.