by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
We meet young Helmuth on October 27, 1942 on his 264th day in a Nazi prison. It’s a Tuesday and the executioner works on Tuesday. Will this be Helmuth’s Tuesday?
What has Helmuth done to land himself here, waiting in the cold, dank cell for death. Helmuth thinks back to how he got [...]
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The Boy Who Dared: A Novel Based on the True Story of a Hitler Youth
The Dragonfly Pool
by Eva Ibbotson
Tally’s family decides it is best to send her away from London to the safe haven of the countryside as war becomes a more imminent threat. Tally doesn’t want to go to boarding school, but she is a very like-able, very agreeable child who only wishes for the happiness of others, so she [...]
WWII for 6th Graders
As I have mentioned in a couple of recent posts, I am giving booktalks in January to 6th graders on World War II in Europe. I have lists of books used in the past by my predecessors and I am planning on including many of them, but I am interested in some different titles to [...]
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
Nine-year-old Bruno must leave his comfortable home in Berlin that has five floor and a banister for sliding down and his three best friends for life and his grandparents to live in a desolate countryside where there are no children to play with. He must do this because his father has a very [...]
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