WWII
Small Bomb At Dimperley
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England 1945, and Dimperley Manor in Buckinghamshire is recovering from the predations of war, having been used as a home for pregnant women whose ...Read Review
Redfalcon
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Redfalcon is the second of Robert J. Harris’ books based on the adventures of John Buchan’s hero Richard Hannay. The action has ...Read Review
Tree. Table. Book.
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This small masterpiece makes a moving, subtle statement. In her latest middle-grade novel, Lois Lowry, a two-time Newbery Award winner (for Number the ...Read Review
The Winter Palace
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This Winter Palace is not the famous residence of Russian Tsars, but rather a family mansion near Poznan, Poland, the home of Anton ...Read Review
The Dark Skies Mystery: A World War II Thriller
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1942, Asheville, North Carolina. Henry Hamilton wants to be a journalist like his hero, Edward R. Murrow, but the only events he’s allowed ...Read Review
The Girl with a Secret (The Emerald Sisters)
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This is Book Two of The Emerald Sisters series. In 1939, with World War II looming, young German Rosa Herzelfeld boards the ship St. ...Read Review
The Last Light over Oslo
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The Last Light Over Oslo by Alix Rickloff follows the harrowing experiences of Florence “Daisy” Harriman, the second female to be appointed as ...Read Review
Angel of Grasmere
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Tarn’s brother, Joss, is believed to have died in the retreat from Dunkirk. In this novel, set between 1940 and 1942, we find out ...Read Review
Mr. K’s Sonata
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After another bad day at her Idaho junior high school, capped off with a scolding from her orchestra teacher, thirteen-year-old Jodi makes her ...Read Review
The Boy with the Star Tattoo
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1968: Sharon Bloomenthal’s life is one of grieving, from her parents’ early death to her fiancé’s recent disappearance at sea. When the ...Read Review