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Turnbull, Bryn

Summary: As unrest simmers, Grand Duchess Olga Romanov and her three sisters hide from the world on account of their mother's ill health, their brother Alexei's secret affliction, and rising controversy over Father Grigori Rasputin, the priest on whom the Tsarina has come to rely. As war approaches, Olga and her sisters trade their gowns for nursing habits, assisting in surgeries and tending to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TUR

Ryan, Jennifer (Jennifer L.)

1 hold on 5 copies

Summary: "On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Ryan, Jennifer (Jennifer L.)

Summary: "On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RYA

Chan, Vanessa

1 hold on 6 copies

Summary: "Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marysue Rucci Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2024

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Chan, Vanessa

Summary: "Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marysue Rucci Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 0000

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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC CHA

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

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAS

Steel, Danielle

Summary: It's the summer of 1959 and the Palace of Versailles is hosting an event that will make history. It is an exclusive dusk-to-dawn ball in which a select group of American and French debutantes will be presented to international society and royalty. Four young women, all with something to prove, receive what some see as the invitation of a lifetime. Amelia Alexander, who hopes to eventually...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STE

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC STE
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STE

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC STE

Steel, Danielle

8 holds on 10 copies

Summary: Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC STE

Steel, Danielle

2 holds on 2 copies

Summary: Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024

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Gratz, Alan

Summary: December 7th, 1941: Everything explodes. That morning, Frank and Stanley are aboard the battleship the USS Utah when Japanese planes zoom overhead and begin dropping bombs on the ships below. Chaos ensues as everyone scrambles to dive for safety. Frank and Stanley realize what's happening: Japan is attacking America! The war has come to them. As the boys fight to make their way home amidst the...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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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

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Murrin, Alan

3 holds on 2 copies

Summary: "A poignant debut novel about the lives of women, set in a claustrophobic coast town. How can they find independence in a society that seeks to limit it?"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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Grainger, Jean

Summary: "Harp Devereaux is torn. Part of her desperately wants to return to Ireland to finish what her and her family and friends started, and to witness the departure of the British forces from Ireland after eight hundred long years. But the other part finds life in America during the Roaring Twenties too exciting to trade for the sleepy streets of Country Cork. She and JohnJoe are united and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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