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Historical Fiction: War Stories
Gripping stories of kids bravely facing the struggles and hardships of wartime. |
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Anderson, Laurie Halse Forge REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Avi Don't You Know There's a War On? WORLD WAR II: In wartime Brooklyn in 1943, eleven-year-old Howie Crispers mounts a campaign to save his favorite teacher from being fired. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Avi The Fighting Ground REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Thirteen-year-old Jonathan goes off to fight in the Revolutionary War and discovers the real war is being fought within himself. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Avi Sophia's War : a Tale of the Revolution REVOLUTIONARY WAR: In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Bartoletti, Susan Campbell The Boy Who Dared WORLD WAR II: In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hubener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Burg, Ann E. All the Broken Pieces : a Novel in Verse VIETNAM WAR: Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Calkhoven, Laurie Daniel at the Siege of Boston 1776 REVOLUTIONARY WAR: In 1776 Boston, twelve-year-old Daniel Prescott enjoys assuming his father's role in taking care of his mother and sister, as well as his work as a spy and messenger for the American revolutionaries, but the pleasure ends when he witnesses the horrors of war firsthand, and learns that a trusted patriot is actually a British spy. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Calkhoven, Laurie Will at the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 CIVIL WAR: In 1863, twelve-year-old Will, who longs to be a drummer in the Union army, is stuck in his sleepy hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, but when the Union and Confederate armies meet right there in his town, he and his family are caught up in the fight. Includes historical notes, glossary, and a timeline of events. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Casanova, Mary The Klipfish Code WORLD WAR II: Sent with her younger brother to Godøy Island to live with her aunt and grandfather after Germans bomb Norway in 1940, ten-year-old Merit longs to join her parents in the Resistance and when her aunt, a teacher, is taken away two years later, she resents even more the Nazis' presence and her grandfather's refusal to oppose them. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Collier, James Lincoln My Brother Sam is Dead REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town. Teen Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Dowell, Frances O'Roark Shooting the Moon VIETNAM WAR: When her brother is sent to fight in Vietnam, twelve-year-old Jamie begins to reconsider the army world that she has grown up in. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Elliott, Laura Give Me Liberty REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Follows the life of thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn, from May 1774 to December 1775, as he serves his indentureship with a music teacher in Williamsburg, Virginia, and witnesses the growing rift between patriots and loyalists, culminating in the American Revolution. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain REVOLUTIONARY WAR: After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Giff, Patricia Reilly Lily's Crossing WORLD WAR II: During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Giff, Patricia Reilly Storyteller REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Forced to spend months at an aunt's house, Elizabeth feel a connection to her ancestor Zee, whose picture hangs on the wall, and who reveals her story of hardships during the Revolutionary War as Elizabeth comes to terms with her own troubles. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Hughes, Dean Missing in Action WORLD WAR II: While his father is missing in action in the Pacific during World War II, twelve-year-old Jay moves with his mother to small-town Utah, where he sees prejudice from both sides, as a part-Navajo himself and through an unlikely friendship with Japanese American Ken from the nearby internment camp. Children's Fiction Book | |
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Kadohata, Cynthia Cracker! : the Best Dog in Vietnam VIETNAM WAR: A young soldier in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Keith, Harold Rifles for Watie CIVIL WAR: Jeff Bussey, a young farmer, joins the Union volunteers, and becomes a scout and soldier in the West to see the Civil War from both sides and lives to tell about it. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Lai, Thanhha Inside Out & Back Again VIETNAM WAR: Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. Children's Fiction Book Other formats available | |
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Lasky, Kathryn A Time for Courage : the Diary of Kathleen Bowen WORLD WAR I: A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note. Children's Fiction Book | |
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