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Messineo, Teresa

Summary: In war-torn France, Jo McMahon, an Italian-Irish girl from the tenements of Brooklyn, tends to six seriously wounded soldiers in a makeshift medical unit. Enemy bombs have destroyed her hospital convoy, and now Jo singlehandedly struggles to keep her patients and herself alive in a cramped and freezing tent close to German troops. There is a growing tenderness between her and one of her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MES

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Ficiton Messineo 2017

Letts, Elizabeth

Summary: American soldiers, aided by an Austrian colonel who was both an Olympian and a trainer of Lipizzaners, attempt to kidnap horses that had been taken by Nazis "for the glorification of the Third Reich" and smuggle them to safety.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2019

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

Weaver, Ashley

Summary: "Electra McDonnell has always known that the way she and her family earn their living is slightly outside of the law. Breaking into the homes of the rich and picking the locks on their safes may not be condoned by British law enforcement, but World War II is in full swing, and Uncle Mick's more honorable business as a locksmith can't pay the bills any more. So when he receives a tip about a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WEA

Riley, Lucinda.

Summary: "For fans of The House at Riverton and Rebecca--a debut spanning from the 1930s to the present day, from a magnificent estate in war-torn England to Thailand, this sweeping novel tells the tale of a concert pianist, Julia, and the prominent Crawford family whose shocking secrets are revealed, leading to devastating consequences for generations to come. As a child Julia Forrester spent many...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIL

Cook, Lorna

Summary: "1943: The world is at war, and the villagers of Tyneham are being asked to make one more sacrifice: to give their homes over to the British army. But on the eve of their departure, a terrible act will cause three of them to disappear forever. 2018: Melissa had hoped a break on the coast of Dorset would rekindle her stagnant relationship, but despite the idyllic scenery, it's pushing her and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COO

Albert, Susan Wittig

Summary: During World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower's wife Mamie knew the gossip: Ike was involved with another woman; his letters home were only tepidly reassuring. The relationship between Eisenhower and his driver/aide Kay Summersby moved from England to North Africa and then throughout Europe before and after the Normandy landing. At the end of the war, Ike is faced with the heart-wrenching...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Persevero Press 2017

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Morpurgo, Michael.

Summary: Lizzie and Karl's mother, Mutti, working at a local zoo in Dresden, Germany, during World War II while their father is away fighting in France, brings home Marlene, a baby elephant that is slated to be destroyed as the Allied bombing grows closer, and when they are forced to flee, Mutti feels they must take Marlene with them, adding even more danger to their journey.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish/Feiwel and Friends 2013

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

Jefferies, Dinah

Summary: An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise... A rebellious daughter. 1925. Among the ancient honey-colored walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer's job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets. A sister with a secret. 1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2022

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Scharer, Whitney

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Summary: A novel inspired by the life of the Vogue model-turned-renowned photographer finds Lee Miller relocating to 1929 Paris, where she becomes the muse and colleague of the mercurial surrealist, Man Ray.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCH

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION SCH

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Scharer 2019

Hughes, Dean

Summary: Forced into an internment camp at the start of World War II, eighteen-year-old Yuki enlists in the Army to fight for the Allies as a member of the "Four-Four-Two," a segregated Japanese American regiment.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2016

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUG

Loigman, Lynda Cohen

Summary: Two estranged sisters, raised in Brooklyn and each burdened with her own shocking secret, are reunited at the Springfield Armory in the early days of WWII. While one sister lives in relative ease on the bucolic Armory campus as an officer's wife, the other arrives as a war widow and takes a position in the Armory factories as a "soldier of production." Resentment festers between the two, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOI

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LOI

Osborne, William (William Hanslow)

Summary: In June 1941, Otto and Leni, two young refugees from the Nazis living in England, are sent on a secret mission to Bavaria, to extract a young girl attending a summer camp, and who may hold the key to the war.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken House 2013

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Quinn, Kate

Summary: 1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything, but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl. Imperious self-made Mab, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC QUI

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC QUI

Quinn, Kate

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: 1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything, but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl. Imperious self-made Mab, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021

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Gross, Andrew

Summary: Kurt Nordstrum, an engineer in Oslo, puts his life aside to take up arms against the Germans as part of the Norwegian resistance. After the loss of his fiancée, his outfit whittled to shreds, he commandeers a coastal steamer and escapes to England to transmit secret evidence of the Nazis's progress towards an atomic bomb at an isolated factory in Norway. There, he joins a team of dedicated...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION GRO

Berry, Julie

Summary: The Greek goddess Aphrodite recounts two tales of tragic love during WWI to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: "Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another?" but her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Berry 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BER

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BER

Bruchac, Joseph

Summary: After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2005

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

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BRU

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BRU

Robards, Karen

Summary: On an April day in 1937, the sky opens and fire rains down upon the small Spanish town of Guernica. Seventeen-year-old Sibi and her family is caught up in the horror. Griff, an American military attaché, pulls Sibi from the wreckage, and it's only the first time he saves her life in a span of hours. When Germany claims no involvement in the attack, insisting the Spanish Republic was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROB

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROB

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROB

Robards, Karen

Summary: "On an April day in 1937, the sky opens and fire rains down upon the small Spanish town of Guernica. Seventeen-year-old Sibi and her family is caught up in the horror. Griff, an American military attaché, pulls Sibi from the wreckage. When Germany claims no involvement in the attack, Griff guides Sibi to lie to Nazi officials. If she or her sisters reveal that they saw planes bearing swastikas,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company 2022

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

Jenoff, Pam

Summary: Inspired by true events, this novel tells a remarkable story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JEN

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Jenoff 2019

Kelly, Martha Hall

1 hold on 6 copies

Summary: "On a September day in Manhattan in 1939, twenty-something Caroline Ferriday is consumed by her efforts to secure the perfect boutonniere for an important French diplomat and resisting the romantic advances of a married actor. Meanwhile across the Atlantic, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish Catholic teenager, is nervously anticipating the changes that are sure to come since Germany has declared war on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEL

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KEL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Kelly 2016

Hartov, Steven

Summary: "A spellbinding novel of World War II based on the little-known history of the X Troop--a team of European Jews who escaped the Continent only to join the British Army and return home to exact their revenge on Hitler's military. A lone soldier wearing a German uniform stumbles into a British military camp in the North African desert with an incredible story to tell. He is the only survivor of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAR

Sepetys, Ruta

Summary: "As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2016

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEP

Sepetys, Ruta.

Summary: "As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2016

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION SEP

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: YA FIC SEP

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEP

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SEP

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Sepetys 2016

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