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Gratz, Alan

Summary: "December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRA

Kass, Linda Stern

Summary: "Just days after the close of World War II, Bess Myerson, the daughter of poor Russian Jewish immigrants living in the Bronx, is competing in the Miss America pageant. At stake: a $5,000 scholarship. The tension and excitement in Atlantic City's Warner Theatre are palpable, especially for traumatized Jews rooting for one of their own. So begins Bessie. Drawing on biographical and historical...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAS

Rich, Roberta

Summary: "A sweeping, New York-set historical novel following a Jewish cigarette girl who moonlights as a spy and attempts to bring justice to her family on the eve of World War II"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC RIC

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC RIC

Parry, Rosanne

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: A stand-alone companion to the New York Times and Indie bestsellers A Wolf Called Wander and A Whale of the Wild. Exiled from his band, a young, wild horse must find his way across treacherous terrain to reunite with his family after being captured for the Pony Express. A fast-paced survival story about wild horses, family bonds, and a changing environment. Young colt Sky was born with the urge...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Harper, Elodie

Summary: Amara's journey has taken her far; from enslavement in Pompeii's Wolf Den brothel to her new life as a high-powered courtesan in Rome, but her story is not over yet. While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii. But it is 79 CE, and mighty Mount Vesuvius is about to make itself known...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square and Co. 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC HAR

Nielsen, Jennifer A.

Summary: Twelve-year-old Lidia's life is forever changed by the Nazi occupation of Poland, leading her to join the resistance movement to fight against the Nazis and aid Jewish people in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NIE

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