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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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Description
In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi is sent to find the father he has not seen in three years, going from Chicago, to segregated North Carolina, and finally to Pendleton, Oregon, where he learns that his father's unit, the all-Black 555th paratrooper battalion, will never see combat but finally has a mission. Includes historical notes.
3) World War II
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, go back in time and experience history with this picture-led guide to the Second World War. A war history book for kids that will take them through the events of World War II in a simple, illustrated and fascinating way! The answers to the most pressing questions about the war are encapsulated in the pages of this children's book. Eyewitness World War II captures the imaginations of children ages 9-12,...
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Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The second World War is one of the most impactful and influential events in the history of the US and the world at large. Discover the hidden heroes of the war and learn their stories."--
10) Weapons of war
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Discusses the weapons, tank combat, U-boat activities, fighter planes, and campaigns of World War II.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book explores the units who battled it out to win supremacy in the skies during World War II, from the Luftwaffe and RAF, to the Japanese Kamikaze squadrons. Along the way, readers will discover the key battles, tactics, and weapons that helped propel the Allies to victory.
13) Lily's crossing
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 14
Description
The Second World War was the most devastating war in history, resulting in up to eighty million deaths and causing the map of the world to be redrawn. Now, more than seventy years after peace was declared, a variety of people who lived through the war share their memories with children so that their experiences will never be forgotten. In this compelling collection, pilots, evacuees, resistance fighters, and navy sailors, as well as survivors of the...
19) The cookcamp
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Series
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
During World War II, a little boy is sent to live with his grandma, a cook in a camp for workers building a road through the wilderness.
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