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The Second World War was the most devastating war in history. Up to eighty milli...
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Lost in the Pacific, 1942 (Lost #1)
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World War II, October 21, 1942. A B-17 bomber drones high over the Pacific Ocean, ...
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Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival
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Jaap Sitters was only eight years old when his mother cut the yellow stars off his...
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While Americans fought for freedom and democracy abroad, fear and suspicion toward...
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A Bag of Marbles: The Graphic Novel
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In 1941 in occupied Paris, brothers Maurice and Joseph play a last game of marbles...
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Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers
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They became America’s first black paratroopers. Why was their story never told? Si...
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This book tells the true story of what happened to a 12-year-old girl named Jutta ...
Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend
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Hannah Goslar lived next door to Anne Frank in Amsterdam. In this touching memoir,...
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Hiding Edith: A True Story
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Hiding Edith Tells The True story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl sent to li...
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No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War
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The beloved Caldecott Honor artist now recounts a tale of vastly different kind --...
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
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Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from the...
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