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Baseball Saved Us

Written by Ken Mochizuki and Illustrated by Dom Lee

For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a...

K - 6th
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DK Life Stories: Albert Einstein

Written by Wil Mara
In this kids' biography, follow the remarkable life story of Albert Einstein, whose legendary genius...
3rd - 7th
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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story

Written by Joseph Bruchac and Illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
As a young Navajo boy, Chester Nez had to leave the reservation and attend boarding school, where he...
2nd - 4th
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Hitler's Last Days The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator

Written by O'Reilly and Bill
By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by...
9th - 12th
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Boy at the Top of the Mountain

Written by Boyne and John
When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix...
4th - 6th
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Unlikely Warrior A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army

Written by Georg Rauch

As a young adult in wartime Vienna, Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the...

7th - 12th
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Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

Written by Phillip Hoose
At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his...
10th - 12th
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The Book Thief

Written by Markus Zusak
For 12-year-old Liesel Meminger, books keep her going. Living with her foster parents, Hans and Rosa...
7th - 12th
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The Diary of a Young Girl

Written by Anne Frank

Anne Frank wrote this diary while her family was in hiding in an attic during the Nazi occupation of...

5th - 8th

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