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• The Woman All Spies Fear

  Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life

  Greenfield, Amy Butler, 1968-

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  Biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the field. Also available as an eBook and downloadable audiobook.

• This Light Between Us

  a Novel of World War II

  Fukuda, Andrew Xia

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  In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Lévy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lady Is a Spy

  Virginia Hall, World War II Hero of the French Resistance

  Mitchell, Don, 1957-

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  When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted across the continent, instead of returning home, she headed to France. In a country divided between freedom…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Secret Soldiers

  Hutton, Keely

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  Secret Soldiers follows the journey of Thomas, a thirteen-year-old coal miner, who lies about his age to join the Claykickers, a specialized crew of soldiers known as tunnelers, in hopes of finding his missing older brother. Thomas works in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Duty, Honour & Izzat

  From Golden Fields to Crimson - Punjab's Brothers in Arms in Flanders

  Purewal, Steven

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  The Indian Army Corps was to be pitted against the most powerful military organisation in the globe, against a European enemy who had brought to the highest pitch of sinister perfection both the science and the practice of war, and who was about to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sioux Code Talkers of World War II

  Page, Andrea M.

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  The author's great-uncle John Bear King was a Sioux Indian in the First Cavalry in the Second World War. Her book follows seven Sioux who put aside a long history of prejudice against their people and joined the fight against Japan, using their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Prisoner of War

  Spradlin, Michael P.

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  Fifteen-year-old Henry Forrest lies about his age and enlists in the Marines to escape from his abusive father, but when he is immediately sent to the Philippines he finds himself in the middle of the Japanese invasion--and as he grows up he will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Night Witches

  a Novel of World War II

  Lasky, Kathryn

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  Sixteen-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She’s a pilot who’s always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya’s been forced to stay on the ground and watch her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Four-Four-Two

  Hughes, Dean, 1943-

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  Forced into an internment camp at the start of World War II, Yuki and his friend Shig enlist in the Army to fight for the Allies as a member of the "Four-Four-Two," a segregated Japanese American regiment. They aren't prepared for the experiences…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dangerous Game

  Wilson, John, 1951 August 2-

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  Manon Wouters grew-up in the idyllic Belgian city of Damme, where she spent her afternoons cycling into beautiful Bruges to study nursing. But as Europe--and the world--erupted into a devastating war, teenaged Manon soon found herself faced with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unlikely Warrior

  a Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army

  Rauch, Georg, 1924-2006

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  A YA memoir of an 18-year old part-Jewish youth who, despite his heritage, is drafted into Hitler's army and sent to serve on the Russian front.

• Dark Terror

  Wilson, John, 1951 August 2-

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  Alec Shorecross is 14 and has already left school to work in the local mine. He's paid 13 cents an hour to toil in the underground darkness. When war breaks out, Alec ships overseas in search of a different life and a way to contribute. He dreams of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Flanders Fields

  100 Years

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  A collection of essays on war, loss and remembrance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the writing of Canada's most famous poem. In early 1915, the death of a young friend on the battlefields of Ypres inspired Canadian soldier, field surgeon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Too Brave to Live, Too Young to Die

  Teenage Heroes From World War I

  Cawthorne, Nigel, 1951-

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  This book concerns the young men who were not yet twenty when they won the Victoria Cross, the British armed forces highest award for gallantry. Many perished in the action that earned them the VC. Others survived to receive the award, but then went…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Emperor of Any Place

  Wynne-Jones, Tim

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  When Evan's father dies suddenly, he finds the book his father had been reading, a diary of a Japanese soldier stranded on a Pacific Island during World War II. There was also an American soldier stranded there. Also available as an eBook.

• Poppy in the Field

  Hooper, Mary, 1948-

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  When Poppy learns that the love of her life, Freddie de Vere, is to marry someone else, she knows her heart will break. Devastated, she volunteers her nursing skills overseas to take her away from the painful reminders at home. But things are about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women Heroes of World War I

  16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics

  Atwood, Kathryn J

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  A commemoration of brave yet largely forgotten women who served in World War I.

• Unbroken

  An Olympian's Journey From Airman to Castaway to Captive

  Hillenbrand, Laura

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  A young adult edition of the bestseller documents the story of how Louis Zamperini, a juvenile delinquent-turned-Olympic athlete and World War II pilot, crashed into the ocean and survived for weeks on a life raft only to become a prisoner of war.

• September 17

  a Novel

  Lewis, Amanda

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  September 17 is a harrowing fictionalized account of the WWII sinking of the City of Bernares, a ship which was secretly transporting ninety British children to safety in Canada, after being torpedoes by a German U-boat. Also available as an eBook.

• Rose Under Fire

  Wein, Elizabeth

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  Rose Justice is a young American pilot with Britain's Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. On her way back from a routine flight in the waning days of the war, Rose is captured by the Germans and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious…Read moreRead more of this annotation