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Snow Treasure
(age 8-11)
by Marie McSwigan
war ... historical
Catalog: In 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway reaches their village in
the far north, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport nine
million dollars worth of gold bullion past the German soldiers to the secret harbor where
Peter's uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.
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The Never Land Series (age 8-11)
by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
princesses ... war ... adventure ... magic ... humor
Little Scallop should be happy. She's a princess of the Mollusk tribe, rulers of
beautiful Mollusk Island. And she has two fun friends, Aqua and Surf, who just happen to be
mermaids. But Little Scallop is bored. Her warrior brothers are allowed to do exciting things,
and Little Scallop longs to have a real adventure, too. So late one night, she sneaks off into
forbidden waters with Aqua and Surf. That's when the trouble starts.
The question is: can she and her friends get out of it?
title: Escape From the Carnivale: a Never Land Book
title: Cave of the Dark Wind: a Never Land Book
title: The Bridge to Never Land
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Fight in the Mountains
(age 8-11)
by Christian Bernhardsen
war ... historical
Two young brothers fight the Germans in Norway during World War II.
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Attack of the Turtle: A Novel
(age 8-11)
by Drew Carlson
historical ... math/science/technology ... war
It's 1776, and the Revolutionary war is raging in the New York harbor.
Fourteen-year-old Nathan Wade is a patriot, but he's too young to join the fight. And it's a
good thing because in his tiny hometown of Saybrook, Connecticut, Nate worries about how to
fight his own battles. An early childhood incident has left him terrified of water, he dreads
encounters with the neighborhood bully, and he feels rejected when his father leaves to join
the Continental Army. But when his cousin David Bushnell comes to Saybrook with a secret,
Nate is drawn to the intrigue. David has designed a water machine, a submarine, that can
explode bombs underwater. And his mission is to launch it against British warships.
As war clouds gather over the colonies, Nate reluctantly agrees to help David build the
weapon of war ... the American Turtle. He worries about getting caught, but when unlikely
circumstances put Nate at the center of the action, he must face the murky waters of his
fears head on.
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The Secret Room
(age 8-11)
by Hazel Townson
war ... adventure ... historical
When Adam enters a secret cupboard at his school, he is transported through
time to 1942, into the middle of a World War II air raid.
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The Matchlock Gun
(age 8-11)
by Walter D. Edmonds
war ... adventure ... historical
In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old
Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish
gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
(age 8-11)
by Eleanor Coerr
war ... folklore ... historical ... illness/loss
Publisher comments: When Hiroshima-born Sadako falls gravely ill with leukemia, she
recalls a Japanese legend that holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods
will grant her wish and make her healthy again.
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My Name Is America Series (age 8-11)
war ... identity ... letters/journal ... historical
Each volume in the My Name is America series recounts an exciting slice of life
from America's history, told in the voice of a boy living in that time and place.
title: The Journal of Biddy Owens: the Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
by Walter Dean Myers F MYE
title: The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: The Journal of Jedediah Barstow: an Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845
by Ellen Levine F LEV
title: The Journal of James Edmond Pease: a Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863
by Jim Murphy F MUR
title: The Journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867
by William Durbin F DUR
title: The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: a Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth 1620
by Ann Rinaldi F RIN
title: The Journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838
by Joseph Bruchac F BRU
title: The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968
by Ellen Emerson White F WHI
title: The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: a Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: a Chinese Miner, California, 1852
by Laurence Yep F YEP
title: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: a World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944
by Walter Dean Myers F MYE
title: The Journal of Rufus Rowe: Witness to the Battle of Fredricksburg, Bowling Green Virginia, 1862
by Sid Hite F HIT
title: The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: the Donner Party Expedition
by Rodman Philbrick F PHI
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Dear America Series (age 8-11)
war ... identity ... letters/journal ... historical
Each volume in the Dear America series recounts an exciting slice of life
from America's history, told in the voice of a girl living in that time and place.
title: A Line in the Sand: the Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1835
by Sherry Garland F GAR
title: A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Annetka Kaminski, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti F BAR
title: A Light in the Storm: the Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
by Karen Hesse F HES
title: A Picture of Freedom: the Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859
by Patricia C. McKissack F MCK
title: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: the Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, Booneville, Missoura, 1847
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: Color Me Dark: the Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
by Patricia C. McKissack F MCK
title: Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
by Ann Rinaldi F RIN
title: Valley of the Moon: the Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846
by Sherry Garland F GAR
title: Christmas After All: the Diary of Minnie Swift
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: Seeds of Hope: the Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: Dreams in the Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: the Diary of Patsy,a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
by Joyce Hansen F HAN
title: I Walk in Dread: the Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
by Lisa Rowe Fraustino F FRA
title: A Journey to the New World: the Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, Plimoth Colony, 1620
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: Land of the Buffalo Bones: the Diary of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873
by Marion Dane Bauer F BAU
title: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: the Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: My Face to the Wind: the Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881
by Jim Murphy F MUR
title: My Secret War: the World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941
by Mary Pope Osborne F OSB
title: One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: the Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: So Far from Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: Standing in the Light: the Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
by Mary Pope Osborne F OSB
title: Survival in the Storm: the Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935
by Katelan Janke F JAN
title: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: the Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864
by Ann Turner F TUR
title: The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: Voyage on the Great Titanic: the Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912
by Ellen Emerson White F WHI
title: When Christmas Comes Again: the World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917
by Beth Seidel Levine F LEV
title: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: the Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: The Winter of Red Snow: the Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1777-1778
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: West to a Land of Plenty: the Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883
by Jim Murphy F MUR
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Hide and Seek
(age 8-11)
by Ida Vos
war ... bigotry ... survival ... historical
A young Jewish girl living in Holland tells of her experiences during the Nazi
occupation, her years in hiding, and the after shock when the war finally ends.
sequel: Anna Is Still Here
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Lily's Crossing
(age 8-11)
by Patricia Reilly Giff
war ... illness/loss ... friendship ... historical
Every summer Lily and her father go to her family's house in Rockaway, near the
Atlantic Ocean. But the summer of 1944 is different. World War II has called Lily's father overseas,
Lily's best friend Margaret had to move with her family to a wartime factory town, and Lily is
forced to live with her grandmother. But then a boy named Albert, a refugee from Hungary, comes
to live in Rockaway. He has lost most of his family to the war. Soon he and Lily form a special
friendship, and they have secrets to share. But they have both told lies, and Lily's lie may
cost Albert his life.
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