War+and+Peace

War and Peace
__**Fiction**__

Baklanov, Grigorii. **//Forever Nineteen//.** Lippincott, c1989. Nineteen year old, Volodya Tretyakov, tells his experiences of being a Soviet Lieutenant during WWII as he defends his Russian homeland from the Nazis. Volodya experiences many things at a young age from being a wounded veteran, being assigned commander of a Red Army Artillary Battery, and enjoying a blossoming romance. Grades 6 - 9. Recommended by Ashlee M.

Burg, Ann E. **//All the Broken Pieces : A novel in verse.//** Scholastic Press, c2009. Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past. Grades 6 - 8. Recommended by: John G.

Gehrts, Barbara. //**Don't Say a Word.**// M.K. McElderry Books, 1986. Living in Berlin during WWII, Anna finds herself and her family growing more and more aware of the dangerous direction in which her country is moving as her friends start to die. Grades 6 - 9. Recommended by Ashlee M. Hahn, Mary D. **//**Stepping on the Cracks.**// Clarion Books, 1991. This is the story of eleven-year-old Margaret, who has a brother fighting overseas in World War II. Margaret and her friend Elizabeth discover that an unpopular classmate is hiding his brother because he deserted from the Army. She gradually gains a broader and more accepting view of the world through learning to understand his decision. Grades 5 - 8. Recommended by Katy.

Harrar, George. //**The Trouble With Jeremy Chance.**// Milkweed Editions, 2003 Jeremy is a boy who is whipped by his father for the first time for disrespect. So he takes off to Boston to meet his older brother who is due anytime from WWI. Jeremy ends up in the middle of the Great Molasses Flood and saves a man who was trapped under a wagon. His father arrives and discovers his son is a hero, then finds his older son arriving back home. The story has many historical facts and teaches forgiveness. Grades 4 - 7. Recommemded by Alex

Hughes, Dean. **//Soldier Boys.//** Atheneum, 2001. This book tells the parallel stories of an American Mormon boy, Spence Morgan, and and a German boy, Deiter Hedrick, and their desires to go to war during World War II. The stories follow Spence from his life on a farm through his training as a paratrooper and Deiter from his life on a farm to the Hitler Youths through his combat training. Soon both boys get their wishes and experience the realities of war. Grades 7 - 12. Recommended by Bryan H.

Mazer, Norman Fox. //**Good Night, Maman.**// Sandpiper, 2001 After spending years fleeing from the Nazis in Europe during the war, twelve-year-old Karin Levi and her older brother Marc find a new home in a refugee camp in Oswego, New York. Grades 3 - 7. Recommended by Alex

* Myers, Walter Dean. //**Sunrise over Fallujah**//**.** Scholastic Press, 2008.  After 9/11 Robin, a recent high school graduate, enlists in the army and is stationed in Iraq just before the current war begins. His unit is made up of both men and women and their job is to try to befriend the local Iraqi people while also participating in various raids. It’s a confusing, frustrating and frightening time as Robin and his comrades attempt to do their job while being given conflicting information and directions. Grade 8 - up. Recommended by Amber.

Sherlock, Patti. **Letters from Wolfie.** Viking, c2004. Concerned for the safety of his brother who is serving in Vietnam, thirteen year old Mark donates his dog to the army. He regrets his decision when he learns that Wolfie will not be returning after a one-year tour and begins a campaign to recover Wolfie. The impact of the war on his family who hold differing views about the war is explored. Grades 5 - 9. Recommended by Kim.

Spinelli, Jerry. //**Milk Weed : A novel.**//** Laurel Leaf, 2003 He’s a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He’s a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. And when the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he’s a boy who realizes it’s safest of all to be nobody. Grades 6 - 9. Recommeded by Alex

__Nonfiction__**

Celebrated historian Ambrose makes WWII approachable to study for today's teenagers. Open layout with excellent photos accompany the lively text. Grades 6 - up. Recommended by Stephanie
 * Ambrose, Stephen E. **//The Good Fight : How World War II was won.//** Atheneum, c2001.

Brenner, Samuel ed. //**Living through the Vietnam War.**// Greenhaven Press/Thomson-Gale, c2005. From the series Living through the Cold War examines the Vietnam War. Grades 9 - 12. Recommended by: John G.

Large photos punctuate the text in this overview of the Vietnam War. Caputo covers the home front and battle field, from viewpoints including American soldiers, Viet Cong, North Vietnamese Guerillas, and the United States. Grades 5 - up. Recommended by Stephanie
 * Caputo, Philip. **//Ten Thousand Days of Thunder : A history of the Vietnam War.//** Atheneum, c2005.

Interviews of child refugees from Iraq, now living in Jordan and Canada. This book includes a discussion about contemporary politics and the ethnic and religious diversity in the area and details the brutality of Saddam Hussein and his fall, the role of oil in the conflict and the U.S. invasion and bombing. Grades 6 - 8. Recommended by Amber.
 * Ellis, Deborah. //**Children of War : Voices of Iraqi refugees**//**.** Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2009.

Grant, R.G. **//The Korean War//** (Atlas of Conflicts)//. World Almanac, c2005. Explains the events that precipitated this war, describes what happened, and analyzes how the results changed our world. Grades 6 - 10. Recommended by Stephanie. //  Maus, Derek C. ed. **//Living under the threat of nuclear.//** //(Living through the Cold War).// Greenhaven Press, c2005. Examines the threat of nuclear war during the Cold War era. Grades 9 - up. Recommended by: John G.

McConnell, William S. ed. //**Living through the Cuban Missile.** (Living through the Cold War).//  Greenhaven Press, c2005. From the series Living through the Cold War examines the Cuban Missile crisis. Grades 9 - up. Recommended by: John G.

Reger, James P. //**The Rebuilding of Bosnia.** (World in Conflict)// Lucent Books, 1997. Lively writing and use of quotes make this a fascinating study of the recent war in Bosnia, resolved with the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords. Reger includes details such as what the NATO forces saw as their mandate and what was not. Grades 7 - up. Recommended by Stephanie.

Thompson, Robert Smith. //**Missiles of October : The Declassified Story of John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.**// Simon & Schuster, c1992. Declassified documents help recreate the Cuban missile crisis of the world-shaking confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. Grades 12 - up. Recommended by: John G.