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Don't You Know There's a War On?
(age 8-11)
by Avi
growing up ... school ... historical ... war ... humor
Publisher comments: World War II is on everyone's mind and in every headline, and
Howie Crispers has a hunch that his school principal is a spy. With a little snooping around,
Howie finds out something even more alarming. Principal Lomister may not be a spy, but he is
plotting to get rid of Howie's favorite teacher. Howie's dad is fighting Nazis overseas, and
his mom is working hard to support the war effort, so Miss Gossim is the only person Howie
can depend on. With the help of his friends, and a plan worthy of radio show superhero
Captain Midnight, Howie intends to save Miss Gossim!
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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 Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867
by William Durbin F DUR
title: The Journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838
by Joseph Bruchac F BRU
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 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: 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: 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: A Journey to the New World: the Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, Plimoth Colony, 1620
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: Look to the Hills: the Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763
by Patricia C. McKissack F MCK
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: 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: 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 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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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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