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735264
Agent most wanted : the never-before-told story of the most dangerous spy of World War II by Purnell, Sonia 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2022)

BTSB #: 735264 Available

Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 1150 F&P: Z+

Subjects: Goillot, Virginia,|d1906-1982 Women spies - United States - Biography Spies - United States - Biography Intelligence service - United States - Biography World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France


Summary: A young readers adaptation of the story of Virginia Hall; the unassuming American spy who helped the allies win World War II.


23.28 *

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462339
Brothers in arms : a true World War II story of Wojtek the bear and the soldiers who loved him by Hood, Susan 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2022)

BTSB #: 462339 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 4-8   


Subjects: Wojtek - (Bear),|d1942-1963 Bears World War, 1939-1945 Soldiers Human-animal relationship


Summary: The true story of how a Polish military unit adopted an orphaned bear who helped many of them heal from the horrors of World War II.


23.28 *

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158058
Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II by Brown, Daniel James 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2023)

BTSB #: 158058 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 1080 F&P: Z

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Social conditions Soldiers World War, 1939-1945


Summary: Portrays the journey of Rudy Tokiwa, Fred Shiosaki, and Kats Miho, who volunteered for the 442nd Regimental combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible while their immigrant parents were forced to submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil. Adapted for young readers.


23.28 *

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462382
Harboring hope : the true story of how Henny Sinding helped Denmark's Jews escape the Nazis by Hood, Susan 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2023)

BTSB #: 462382 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.8 MG+

Subjects: Sinding, Henny,|d1921- Jews Danes - Biography Holocaust, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945


Summary: The story of Henny Sinding, who was just twenty-two years old when she courageously helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish families in occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden during the Holocaust.


23.98 *

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933326
Homefront heroes [Beyond The Battlefield]by Wells, Allen R. 

BTSB Prebound(Rourke Educational Media, 2021)

BTSB #: 933326 Available

Dewey: 355/NAges: 9-12   
Lexile: 940

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 War and civilization


Summary: Uncovers the crucial work done by people at home to help during wartime.


16.77 *

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606706
In harm's way : JFK, World War II, and the heroic rescue of PT 109 by Martin, Iain C. 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 606706 Available

Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 14-18   
AR: 7.1 MG RC: 9.5 6-8 Lexile: 1060

Subjects: Kennedy, John F.|q(John Fitzgerald),|d1917-1963 PT-109 (Torpedo boat) World War, 1939-1945


Summary: The true story of John F. Kennedy's WWII experiences commanding a small ship in the Pacific.


6.50 *

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885819
In harm's way : the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the story of its survivors [True Rescue Series]by Tougias, Mike 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2022)

BTSB #: 885819 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 970

Subjects: United States.|bNavy World War, 1939-1945 Sailors Warships Survival skills Life rafts Rescue work Pacific Ocean


Summary: On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days. How did 316 men manage to survive?


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566594
Just a girl : a true story of World War II by Levi, Lia 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2022)

BTSB #: 566594 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG

Subjects: Levi, Lia,|d1931- World War, 1939-1945 Jews - Italy - Biography Hidden children (Holocaust) Italy


Summary: When Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, everything changes for six-year-old Lia. Now there are laws saying Jewish children can't go to school, Jews can't work, or go on vacation. As war comes closer, it becomes too dangerous for her family to stay together, and Lia and her sisters are sent to hide at a convent. Will she ever be "just a girl" again?


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659274
Medal for Leroy by Morpurgo, Michael 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel and Friends, 2014)

BTSB #: 659274 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.1 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 860

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life


Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Soldiers


Summary: The moving story of a boy who discovers the truth of his family history that spans from World War I to present day.


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764426
Missing : the true story of my family in World War II by Rosen, Michael 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 764426 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 850

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Holocaust, 1939-1945 Jewish families


Summary: How World War II and the Holocaust affected the author's family in a personal, powerful narrative.


325222
Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific by Farrell, Mary Cronk 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014)

BTSB #: 325222 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 10-16   
AR: 7 MG+RC: 8.5 6-8 Lexile: 1000

Subjects: Nurses World War, 1939-1945 - Medical care World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns Prisoners of war


Summary: The harrowing true story of World War II nurses serving in the Pacific Theatre.


273332
Que fue Pearl Harbor? [Que Fue?]by Demuth, Brennan 

PaperbackSPANISH(Loqueleo/Santillana USA, 2016)

BTSB #: 273332 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 8-12   


Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Spanish language - Reading materials Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Attack on, 1941


Summary: On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The United States was propelled into World War II. In Spanish.


9.83 *

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134798
Ski soldier : a World War II biography by Borden, Louise 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2018)

BTSB #: 134798 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.5 MG RC: 8.5 6-8 Lexile: 1060 F&P: X

Subjects: Seibert, Peter W Vail Ski Area (Colo.) World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans - Biography Businesspeople - Biography


Summary: The story of Pete Seibert, a ski soldier severely wounded in World War II who went on to found the Vail Ski Resort in Colorado.


22.56 *

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433327
Tales of World War II by Hearn, Hattie 

BTSB Prebound(Neon Squid, 2023)

BTSB #: 433327 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 8-10   


Subjects: World War, 1939-1945


Summary: A collection of incredible true stories of bravery and sacrifice from the Second World War.


25.38 *

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929604
Thousand sisters : the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Wein, Elizabeth 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2019)

BTSB #: 929604 Available

Dewey: 940.53/CAges: 12-16   
AR: 8.1 UG

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Women air pilots Fighter pilots Soviet Union - History|y1925-1953


Summary: The true story of the airwomen of the Soviet Union--the only women who flew in combat in World War II.


23.98 *

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080290
Three days at the brink : FDR's daring gamble to win World War II by Baier, Bret 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2019)

BTSB #: 080290 Available

Dewey: 973/NAges: 8-12   


Subjects: Teheran Conference|d(1943 : - Tehran, Iran) Allied Forces World War, 1939-1945


Summary: All about the first of the WWII conferences between President Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, which would shape the world for decades to come.


6.50 *

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140878
Tree of life : how a Holocaust sapling inspired the world by Boxer, Elisa 

BTSB Prebound(Rocky Pond Books, 2024)

BTSB #: 140878 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 690 F&P: P

Subjects: Trees Holocaust, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945


Summary: During World War Two, in the concentration camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their teacher planted and nurtured a smuggled-in sapling. Over time there were fewer children left to keep lovingly sharing their water with it. When the war ended the sapling had grown to a strong maple. Nearly eighty years later the tree's 600 descendants around the world are thriving, including one planted at New York City's Museum of Jewish Heritage in 2021.


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Unlawful orders : a portrait of Dr. James B. Williams, Tuskeegee airman, surgeon, and activist by Binns, Barbara 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Focus, 2022)

BTSB #: 120214 Available

Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 7.9 MG Lexile: 1090

Subjects: Williams, James,|d1919-2016 United States.|bArmy Air Forces.|bBombardment Group, 477th - Biography African American physicians - Illinois - Chicago - Biography Surgeons - Illinois - Chicago - Biography Air pilots - United States - Biography World War, 1939-1945 African Americans - Social conditions|y20th century South Side (Chicago, Ill.) - Biography


Summary: The inspiring story of James Buchanan "JB" Williams who became a doctor, served as a medic in the US military and eventually joined the elite Tuskegee Airmen, where he fought to change the minds of all who believed Black men couldn't make good soldiers. After the war, his role as doctor and Civil Rights activist pushed past injustices placed on Black Americans.


23.28 *

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273336
What was Pearl Harbor? [What Was?]by Demuth, Patricia 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2013)

BTSB #: 273336 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 5.3 3-5 Lexile: 800 F&P: X

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Attack on, 1941


Summary: On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The United States was propelled into World War II.


4.91 *

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273353
What was Pearl Harbor? [What Was?]by Demuth, Patricia 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2013)

BTSB #: 273353 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 5.3 3-5 Lexile: 800 F&P: X

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Attack on, 1941


Summary: On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The United States was propelled into World War II.


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