WW2
A City of Broken Glass
In this fourth installment in the Hannah Vogel series, Cantrell continues the adventures of the spy and journalist which dramatize…
The Resistance
When Louis Morgon arrives at a meeting with the Secretary of State, he assumes that he’s to be praised for…
A New Day
Two young English siblings, Hanna and Jack Foster, are put into a London orphanage upon the death of their parents.…
Becoming Clementine
Editors' choice
For those who loved Niven’s previous books, Velva Jean Learns to Drive and Velva Jean Learns to Fly, and wonder…
Shadow on the Mountain
One of my favorite books as a child was Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan (Dutton, 1942), about brave children resisting…
Secrets and Shadows
1941. When twelve-year-old Grace Ryan’s Dublin home is bombed, she goes to live with her grandfather and uncle in another…
In Sunlight and in Shadow
In Sunlight and in Shadow, the widely anticipated novel by Mark Helprin (A Soldier of the Great War, 1992) is…
The Sacrifice
Editors' choice
In the hot Australian summer of 1939, young factory manager Robert Wells and his friends are still trying to work…
Tangled Ashes
This book combines a contemporary inspirational plotline and World War II via two stories that come together at the end.…
Alexandra’s Secret
Eighteen-year-old Alexandra Cockrell wants to save people from experiencing the same Nazi brutality that killed her grandparents in Belgium. Her…
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