Historical Fiction

World War II

J/F/AVI
Avi - Don't You Know There's a War On?
Howie sees reminders of the war everyday in his Brooklyn neighborhood, including scary headlines, blackouts and a blue star in his window (for his dad). But closer to home, Howie and his best friend Denny fight to keep their favorite teacher from being fired from P.S. #8. 200p.

J/F/BRADLEY
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker - For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy
Suzanne pursues her dream of being a singer in France during the Nazi occupation of her country. She also risks her life to gather information on the enemy for the Resistance. 181p.

J/F/BUNTING
Bunting, Eve - Spying on Miss Muller
Jessie suspects that Miss Muller, a German teacher at her Irish boarding school, may be working for the enemy. 179p.

J/F/CHAN
Chan, Gillian - A Foreign Field
Ellen strikes up a friendship with Stephen, a young British pilot training at a nearby airfield, that changes her life forever. 184p.

J/F/ELLIOTT
Elliott, Laura - Under a War-Torn Sky
Henry Forester is shot down in Nazi-occupied France and must make his way back to the Allied forces through enemy territory. 284p.

J/F/FERRY
Ferry, Charles - Raspberry One
Nick and Hildy serve as Navy torpedo bomber crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Shiloh in the South Pacific during World War II. 232p.

J/F/HENEGHAN
Heneghan, James - Wish Me Luck
Jamie's parents send him away on a passenger ship to Canada to keep him safe from the German bombing raids over Liverpool. However, Jamie is anything but safe when his ship is torpedoed by a German U-boat. 195p.

J/F/MATAS
Matas, Carol - Code Name Kris
After the Nazi occupation of Denmark forces Jesper's Jewish friends to escape to Sweden, Jesper goes "underground" to protect his family while he continues to work for the Danish resistance movement. 152p.

J/F/MAZER
Mazer, Harry - A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
During the chaotic attack on Pearl Harbor, 14-year-old Adam is mistaken for a young enlisted man and is put to work rescuing survivors while he desperate-ly seeks news of his father, stationed on the USS Arizona. 104p.

J/F/MAZER
Mazer, Harry - The Last Mission
When Jack's plane is shot down behind enemy lines, he is taken prisoner and sent to a German POW camp. 188p.

J/F/REEDER
Reeder, Carolyn - Foster's War
While his older brother joins the Air Force, Foster is left alone at home to fight his own war with his abusive father. 267p.

J/F/SALISBURY
Salisbury, Graham - Under the Blood-Red Sun
After the Japanese bombs fall on Pearl Harbor, Tomi and his Japanese American parents are viewed with fear and suspicion by neighbors and former friends. 246p.

J/F/TUNNELL
Tunnell, Michael O. - Brothers in Valor: A Story of Resistance
Three German friends are forced to join Hitler's youth group. After learning first-hand of the ruthlessness of the Nazi regime, the boys realize they must fight for a free Germany. 260p.

J/F/WULFFSON
Wulffson, Don L. - Soldier X
When a young German soldier faces capture on the Eastern Front, he disguises himself as an Allied Russian soldier with amnesia and is taken to a U.S. army hospital for treatment. 226p.

J/F/ZINDEL
Zindel, Paul - The Gadget
Stephen's dad works on a highly classified gadget at a top-secret government facility in the desert. Stephen soon fears that he may have trusted the wrong person with information so important that it could jeopardize the lives of all Americans. 184p.

Prepared by Amanda Blau, August 2004