WW2
Christmas at Eagle Pond
In 1940, Donnie Hall is twelve years old. His mother has undergone surgery and needs peace and quiet at home…
Shadows in the Sky
Verity and Clemency are sisters, daughters of a senior naval officer, who are respectively 17 and 18 at the outbreak…
Psalm 44
The biblical Psalm 44 asks why God has abandoned his people, who kept the covenant. This Holocaust novel explores the…
Face of the Enemy
Editors' choice
War is about to be declared against Germany and Japan. Americans are traumatized by Japan’s military attack on Pearl Harbor.…
Piece of Cake
Derek Robinson has been writing wartime ‘ripping yarns’ (his own words) for over 40 years now, and Piece of Cake…
With Every Letter (Wings of the Nightingale Book 1)
In this novel, an anonymous exchange of letters unfolds a cross-cultural story of broken people and the transformational power of…
The War That Came Early: Coup d’Etat
In this fourth installment of Harry Turtledove’s latest series, set during World War II, he asks the same questions that…
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…
Shadow on the Mountain
One of my favorite books as a child was Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan (Dutton, 1942), about brave children resisting…
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