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Publisher
Harper Muse
Language
English
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In the waning days of World War II, Alice is a young widow and a mother herself when she is unexpectedly presented with her birthright: the deed to Evertell, her abandoned family home and the history she thought forgotten. Determined to sell the property and step into a future free of the past, Alice returns to Savannah with her own thirteen-year-old daughter, Penn, in tow. But when Penn's curiosity over the lineage she never knew begins to unveil...
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Language
English
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Flavorful Fiction
Good Housekeeping Book Club
Lessons in Chemistry Read-alikes
Strong Female Characters
Good Housekeeping Book Club
Lessons in Chemistry Read-alikes
Strong Female Characters
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"From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes a new World War II-set story of four women on the home front competing for a spot hosting a BBC wartime cookery program and a chance to better their lives. Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio...
3) The postcard
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling. January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front, a...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From author Rachel McMillan comes a richly researched historical romance that takes place in post-World War II Europe and features espionage and a strong female lead. Lady Sophia Huntington Villiers is no stranger to intrigue, as her work with Alan Turing's Bombe Machines at Bletchley Park during the war attests. Her wartime marriage of convenience to Simon Barre, the eighth earl of Camden, granted her the independence she craved and saved his estate....
Author
Publisher
Bancroft Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"John Winn Miller's THE HUNT FOR THE PEGGY C, a semifinalist in the Clive Cussler Adventure Writers Competition, captures the breathless suspense of early World War II in the North Atlantic. Captain Jake Rogers, experienced in running his tramp steamer through U-boat-infested waters to transport vital supplies and contraband to the highest bidder, takes on his most dangerous cargo yet after witnessing the oppression of Jews in Amsterdam: a Jewish...
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, Catherine Duquette and Maggie McCleod come from different worlds but are thrown together on a USO variety show touring North Africa. While they each have secret reasons for accepting the job, neither anticipates the danger and intrigue they'll encounter performing so close to the front lines."-- Provided by amazon.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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In Vienna, Austria, in 1940, two nine-year-old boys, one Jewish and one Aryan, are classmates and best friends when events of the Nazi occupation draw them even closer together as they fight to survive and escape together.
This is a unique work. It is one of the first books written for young readers describing the early days of the event that has since come to be known as the Holocaust. Originally written in Yiddish in 1938, it is one of the most...
Author
Series
Out of the Hitler time volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Portrays the experiences of a nine-year-old Jewish girl and her family as they are forced to leave Hitler's Germany to seek refuge in neighboring countries.
"Now a major motion picture, and based on the author’s gripping real-life story, this international bestseller is perfect for Holocaust Remembrance Month. Anna is not sure who Hitler is, but she sees his face on posters all over Berlin. Then one morning, Anna and her brother awake to find...
Author
Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill's Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain's beloved royals against an international plot--one that could change the course of history. As World WarII sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Spirited,...
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Una novela inolvidable sobre un concurso de cocina en tiempos de guerra patrocinado por la BBC y la historia de las cuatro mujeres que participan para tener la oportunidad de mejorar sus vidas. Dos años después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Gran Bretaña siente sus pérdidas: los nazis han ganado batallas, el Blitz ha destruido ciudades y los submarinos han cortado el suministro de alimentos. En un esfuerzo por ayudar a las amas de casa con el...
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"A World War II novel about a Dutch family who is separated during the war when the Japanese occupy the Dutch East Indies"--
"Based on a true story, this gripping WWII novel captures the resilience, hope, and courage of a Dutch family who is separated during the war when the Japanese occupy the Dutch East Indies. Java Island, 1941 Six-year-old Rita Vischer cowers in her family’s dug-out bomb shelter, listening to the sirens and waiting for a...
Publisher
Dreamworks Animation
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The life stories of the five Marines and one Naval officer that were forever immortalized as a symbol of WWII by raising the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima.
Chronicles one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, focusing on the men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima and were subsequently hailed as heroes and used to raise money for the war effort.
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