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  • An Elephant in the Garden: Inspired by a True Story

    • ASIN: 1250034140
    • ISBN: 1250034140
    • Brand: Square Fish
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

    Lizzie and Karl's mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don't run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. The family persuades the zoo director to let Marlene stay in their garden instead. When the city is bombed, the f... [Read More]

  • Girl in the Blue Coat

    • ASIN: 0316260630
    • ISBN: 0316260630
    • Brand: LBYR
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    The bestselling, "gripping" (Entertainment Weekly), "powerful" (Hypable), "utterly thrilling" (Paste.com) winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery, perfect for readers of Kristin Hannah and Ruta SepetysAmsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black market goods to paying customers, her nights hidi... [Read More]

  • Sold on a Monday: A Novel

    • ASIN: B079JQDJB5
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  A USA TODAY BESTSELLER  A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER A NATIONAL INDIEBOUND BESTSELLER An unforgettable novel by Kristina McMorris, inspired by a stunning piece of history. 2 CHILDREN FOR SALEThe sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlin... [Read More]

  • The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)

    • ASIN: 1250044235
    • ISBN: 1250044235
    • Brand: Tougias Michael J
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

    This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman tells the story of the shipwreck of two oil tankers and the harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. N... [Read More]

  • Flags of Our Fathers: A Young People's Edition

    • ASIN: 0440229200
    • ISBN: 0440229200
    • Brand: Laurel Leaf
    • Manufacturer: Laurel Leaf

    In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America... [Read More]

  • Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive

    • ASIN: 0385742525
    • ISBN: 0385742525
    • Brand: WaterBrook Press
    • Manufacturer: Ember

    In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new generation to one of history's most thrilling surviva... [Read More]

  • Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope

    • ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
    • Manufacturer: Harper

    The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.Eastern Europe, 1944: Thre... [Read More]

  • Salt to the Sea

    • ASIN: 0142423629
    • ISBN: 0142423629
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal! "A superlative novel . . . masterfully crafted."--The Wall Street JournalBased on "the forgotten tragedy that was six times deadlier than the Titanic."--TimeWinter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories.Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, ... [Read More]

  • Mail Order Bride 4 Book Box Set: Sweet Clean Historical Western Mail Order Bride Mystery Romance

    • ASIN: B07761GSXM
    • Manufacturer: KG Publishing House

    Critics describe these books as a very sweet invigorating set of books which are heart-warming, full of love, mystery, hope, and the true meaning of friendship.Includes 4 series starter books (Faith Creek Brides #1, Sun River Brides #1, Silver River Brides #1, Ruby Springs Brides #1)

  • Chronicles: The Library of Illumination

    • ASIN: B00K08PQII
    • Manufacturer: Artiqua Press

    She just can’t catch a break. 17-year-old Johanna Charette has had a tough life. Brought up in an orphanage, she’s had to work and slave to eke out a meager existence. And now, even though she’s out on her own and has her first job, her life hasn’t improved much. She doesn’t know happiness until she discovers the Library of Illumination, ... [Read More]

  • Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1503943372
    • ISBN: 1503943372
    • Brand: Lake Union Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    Soon to be a major television event from Pascal Pictures, starring Tom Holland.Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do wi... [Read More]

  • An Orphan's War: One of the best historical fiction books you will read this year

    • ASIN: B076KFQTQD
    • Manufacturer: Avon

    War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnardo’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan’s War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front.LIVERPOOL, 1940When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband – she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in ... [Read More]

  • No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II

    • ASIN: 0316344672
    • ISBN: 0316344672
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    Discover an extraordinary tale of friendship and survival between a man and a dog in World War II in this young readers' adaptation of the New York Times bestseller No Better Friend.No Better Friend tells the incredible true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war d... [Read More]

  • The Displaced : Fall of a Fortress - One of the Best Historical Fiction Novels You'll Read in 2019: Book 1 of 3

    • ASIN: B07BYV15NM

    "The Displaced is an engaging work set in one of the most intriguing locales in Canadian history." — Kirkus ReviewsStranded in a besieged fortress, can a strong refugee woman survive and fight for her true love? Canadian Author Frieda Watt transports us into the barbaric world of 18th century colonial America where treachory, murder, and rival ar... [Read More]

  • The Librarian of Auschwitz

    • ASIN: 1627796185
    • ISBN: 1627796185
    • Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

    Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adju... [Read More]

  • The House of Closed Doors

    • ASIN: B008EWNCC4
    • Manufacturer: Aspidistra Press

    Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced. Small town Illinois, 1870: "My stepfather was not particularly fond of me to begin with, and now that he'd found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth"Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of her child's father and accepts her stepfather's decision that the baby be born at ... [Read More]

  • The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

    • ASIN: 1683993039
    • ISBN: 1683993039
    • Manufacturer: Greyson Media Associates

    Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered. One girl lived.No one believes her story.The police think she's crazy.Her therapist thinks she's suicidal.Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk.They're all right--but did she see the killer?As the anniversary of the murders approaches, Faith Winters is released from the psychiatric hospital ... [Read More]

  • Before We Were Yours: A Novel

    • ASIN: B01M14UN1J
    • Brand: Ballantine Books
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

    THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerFor readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four... [Read More]

  • Five Feet Apart

    • ASIN: 1534437339
    • ISBN: 1534437339
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

    Now a major motion picture starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson! In this #1 New York Times bestselling novel that’s perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, two teens fall in love with just one minor complication—they can’t get within a few feet of each other without risking their lives.Can you love someone you can ... [Read More]

  • Once (Once Series)

    • ASIN: 0312653042
    • ISBN: 0312653042
    • Brand: Square Fish
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

    Felix, a Jewish boy in Poland in 1942, is hiding from the Nazis in a Catholic orphanage. The only problem is that he doesn't know anything about the war, and thinks he's only in the orphanage while his parents travel and try to salvage their bookselling business. And when he thinks his parents are in danger, Felix sets off to warn them--straight in... [Read More]

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