Alan Gratz
War Games
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When Team USA travels to Berlin in 1936 to compete in the Olympics, young gymnast Evie Harris discovers that the discrimination and hatred by ...Read Review
Refugee: The Graphic Novel
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This is the graphic novel version of Refugee, which I reviewed for the HNR (August 2017). Three young protagonists flee war and violence: Josef ...Read Review
Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
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Frank and Stanley are the best of friends, living an idyllic life in Hawaii, where their fathers are stationed at the Pearl Harbor ...Read Review
Allies
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Sixteen-year-old Dee Carpenter lands on Omaha Beach in the chaos of the first landings in Normandy and is immediately confronted with the violence ...Read Review
Grenade
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It’s April 1, 1945. Hideki, 14, stayed in Okinawa when his mother and younger brother evacuated to mainland Japan. He was 13 then, but near enough ...Read Review
Refugee
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Germany, 1938. Josef’s father is arrested for being Jewish and practicing law. After six months at a concentration camp, he is released on ...Read Review
Projekt 1065
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In 1943 Berlin, if you’re a boy, you’re in the Hitler Youth. Although Michael O’Shaunessey is the son of the Irish ...Read Review
The Dragon Lantern: A League of Seven Novel
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AdventureChildren/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
This is an action-packed race in an alternate, steampunk America of 1875, and it’s full of fun ideas. Archie, Fergus, and Hachi comprise ...Read Review
Prisoner B-3087
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The story begins in 1939 in Krakow. The Nazis are rolling over Poland when ten-year-old Yanek and his family hear the first bombs explode. ...Read Review
