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The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II by Louise Borden
Barnes and Noble- May, 1940---A young English girl and her father take their sturdy fishing boat and join the scores of other civilian vessels crossing the English Channel in a daring attempt to rescue Allied and British troops trapped by Nazi soldiers at Dunkirk. -
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World War II and the Civil Rights Movement
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Thin Wood Walls
Barnes and Noble: When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Joe Hamada and his family face growing prejudice, eventually being torn away from their home and sent to a relocation camp in California, even as his older brother joins the United States Army to fight in the war. . -
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Barnes and Noble Berlin 1942
When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. -
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Barnes and Noble: Hannah thinks tonight's Passover Seder will be the same as always. Little does she know that this year she will be mysteriously transported into the past where only she knows the horrors that await. Annotation
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland. . -
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Barnes and Noble--In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. . -
Two Suns in the Sky by Miriam Bat-Ami
Barnes and Noble: In 1944, an Upstate New York teenager named Christine meets and falls in love with Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew living in a refugee camp, despite their parents' conviction that they do not belong together. . -
Hiroshima by Laurence Yep
Barnes and Noble: Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.
Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens. -
Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds
Aaron Reynolds's book chronicles Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat on the bus from the viewpoint of a child, a fictitious passenger watching this historic event unfold from his own seat at the back of the bus. Despite his mother trying to play down the significance of Parks's actions, both the boy and his mother know that times are changing. Amazon -
A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
Angela Johnson's book is a unique look at the march on Washington. Told from the viewpoint of a young, African American girl and her sister, readers are able to walk in the shoes of two young children as they witness one of the most famous moments in all of the Civil Rights Movement-Dr. King's "I have a Dream" speech. Amazon -
The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963 by Chrstopher Paul Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis's novel follows the lovable Watson family on their journey to Birmingham, AL. Readers will be on the edge of their seats as they wait to find out if the youngest Watson child was killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. Amazon
