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The Last Boy in Auschwitz by Moshe Bomberg
Book 2 of 9: Heroic Children of World War I He will stay in Auschwitz to the bitter end if it means his brother might survive. Poland, 1940. Moshe and his family flee their hometown of Warsaw in a desperate bid for survival as Nazi forces advance on the city. Hiding under false identities, they hope…
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The Boy from Block 66 by Limor Regev
A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II ) Book 1 of 9 January 1945. 14-year-old Moshe Kessler steps off the train at Buchenwald concentration camp. Having endured the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, lost touch with his entire family, and survived the death march in the freezing European winter, he has…
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German Boy: A Child in War by Wolfgang W. E. Samuel
As the Third Reich crumbled in 1945, scores of Germans scrambled to flee the advancing Russian troops. Among them was a little boy named Wolfgang Samuel, who left his home with his mother and sister and ended up in war-torn Strasbourg before being forced farther west into a disease-ridden refugee camp. German Boy a True…
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All Hell Broke Loose by William H. Hull
Experiences of Young People During the Armistice Day 1940 Blizzard How young people coped with the storm of the century – 59 people died in Minnesota on November 11, 1940 when the worst blizzard ever hit Minnesota unexpectedly. Violet walked from Seven Corners in Minneapolis to 32nd street with snow over her knees, in subzero…
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Code Girls by Liza Mundy
The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous…
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Lady flyer by Heather B. Moore
Based on a true story and set against the backdrop of WWII, a young woman’s love of flying becomes an epic fight for identity and equality. In the quiet town of Houghton, Michigan, sixteen-year-old Nancy Harkness discovers a passion that ignites her heart in ways she never expected. The arrival of barnstormer pilots brings more…
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Agents of Influence by Henry Hamming
Agents of Influence: A British Campaign, a Canadian Spy, and the Secret Plot to Bring America into World War II The astonishing story of the British spies who set out to draw America into World War II As World War II raged into its second year, Britain sought a powerful ally to join its cause-but…
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The Secret War by Todd Burleson
In 1944 Dayton, Ohio, secrets are part of everyday life.Planes fly overhead without explanation. Factories sit behind fences. Adults know things they are not allowed to say. Jamie, Billy, and Ken live in a city shaped by silence and unwritten rules. Aircraft roar overhead without explanation. Parents disappear into work they cannot talk about, and…
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Capturing Hope by Angela K. Couch
Part of: Heroines of WWII (8 books One step ahead of the Nazi’s. . .leaves Nadia little room for hope. Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII. After her father is murdered by Nazis and her mother flees to her native Germany, hope is something of which…
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The Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts, she seemed to be living…