War

Warfare
TITLE & AUTHOR	SYNOPSIS
Across Five Aprils HUNT, I	The unforgettable story of young Jethro Creighton, who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War.
Adem's Cross* MEAD, A	Seeing his sister being shot to death for reading a poem at a demonstration against Serbian control of largely Albanian Kosovo, changes the life of 13-year-old Adem forever.
All Quiet On The Western Front REMARQUE, E	Harrowing account of WW I seen through the eyes of a German soldier.
And One For All NELSON, T	It's 1967 and Wing and Sam are seniors in high school. Wing thinks the Marines and Vietnam have more to offer than a diploma, and Sam would rather march for peace.
Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl FRANK, A	Famous diary of a young Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis with seven others in an attic in Amsterdam during World War II.
Bearing Witness, Stories Of The Holocaust ROCHMAN, H & MCCAMPBELL, D	Diverse and powerful introduction to Holocaust literature through stories, poems and memoirs.
Best Of Friends ROSTKOWSKI, M	Three very different teenagers, once close friends, struggle to understand the changes in their relationships and the turmoil around them as the Vietnam War encroaches on their lives.
Blessing Over Ashes FIFIELD, A	The remarkable true story of a 14-year-old refugee from the killing fields of Cambodia who changes the life of his American foster parents.
Catch-22 HELLER, J	A savagely funny war novel: military madness and civilian insanity in WW II.
Dancing Carl PAULSEN, G	A haunted, battle-scarred man who tends the ice rinks teaches Marsh and his friend Willy something about the horrors of War - and the healing power of love.
December Stillness* HAHN, M	Kelly's interest in a homeless Vietnam veteran ends in a tragedy while opening a door to a deeper relationship with her father, who had never come to grips with his own experiences in Vietnam.
Devil's Arithmetic* YOLEN, J	Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel takes her to a Polish village in the 1940's.
Edith's Story: The True Story Of A Young Girl's Courage And Survival During World War II VELMAN, E	Reconstructed from her diaries, journals and family letters, Edith Velman's personal account stands out as a moving eyewitness account of a young teenager in Holland who, by posing as a gentile, is hidden and survives the war.
Escape From Warsaw SERRAILLIER, I	Three Polish children try to escape from their war-ravaged home during WW II.
Fallen Angels MYERS, W	17-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.
Fighting Ground AVI	When the tavern bell tolls, calling New England men to arms during the Revolutionary War, Jonathan is sent to find out what the trouble is. What he finds in the next 24 hours, when he does fight and is taken prisoner by three Hessian soldiers, changes his understanding of war and life forever.
Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story PERL, L	Told through the eyes of a child, the author recounts the harrowing ordeal during WW II as her family lived in refugee, transit and prison camps.
Foxman PAULSEN, G	Foxman, hideously mutilated in the war, lives an isolated life deep in the woods. When two boys stumble upon his cabin, his life becomes entangled with theirs.
Friedrich* RICHTER, H	The tragedy and terror suffered by German Jews are made more vivid by the simplicity and candor of a child's viewpoint and the focus on one small, obscure family.
Hiroshima HERSEY, J	Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, John Hersey interviews with survivors of Hiroshima's bomb when the ashes were still warm.
I Was There RICHTER, H	This first-person account of daily life in the Third Reich provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of German young people.
Immigrant's Daughter FAST, H	Torn by divorce, dissension, and warring passions, the Lavettes face their most painful truths, mirroring a nation divided in the aftermath of Vietnam. The loves that seemed inviolate, the unquestioned loyalty, are struck down in an era of broken promises and lost ideas.
In Country MASON, B	Sam Hughes, a contemporary girl, searches to understand who her father was and what the Vietnam War that killed him was about.
Johnny Got His Gun TRUMBO, D	The story of one man’s harrowing experience in WW I, and a revelation of the horror of War for all mankind.
Killer Angels SHAARA, M	A gripping novel of the four days of the Battle of Gettysburg, as seen by the members of the Union and Confederate.
Kitchen God’s Wife TAN, A	An unfolding of secrets that takes a mother and her daughter back to the small island outside Shangui in the 1920’s and throughout China during WW II.
Last Mission* MAZER, H	In 1944, Jack Raab, a 15-year-old who dreams of being a hero, lies his way into the U.S. Air Force. From their base in England, Jack and his crew fly 24 treacherous bombing missions over occupied Europe. Hitler is near defeat, when Jack is shot down behind enemy lines and taken to a German POW camp.
Love And War JAKES, J	The Hazards and Mains are wrenched apart by battle and swept together by passion during the searing years of the Civil War.
Moon Is Down STEINBECK, J	This WW II novel of the resistance movement in Norway attests to the triumph of freedom over force.
My Brother Sam Is Dead* COLLIER, J	A Newbery Medal winner about the American Revolution, which does not glorify war, and raises all the necessary questions about the effectiveness of violence.
No-No Boy OKADA, J	Ichiro returns to his home in Seattle after spending time in an internment camp and serving a two year prison sentence for refusing to serve in the US armed forces in WW II.
North Sar: A Novel Of Navy Combat Pilots In Vietnam CARROLL, G	The Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of the Navy Combat SAR (Search and Rescue) helicopter pilots who flew many of the most dangerous missions of the war.
Obasan KOGAWA, J	Based on the author's own experiences, this award-winning novel was the first to tell the story of the evacuation, relocation and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War.
On The Beach SHUTE, N	Innocent victims faced with nuclear extinction make plans as the deadly rain moves in closer, and the world as we know it winds towards an inevitable end.
Pearl Harbor* Holder, N	After completing her nurse's training in San Francisco, Bekah Martin plans to return home and marry Ian MacLaughlin. On the journey home she encounters Scott DeAngelo, and an undeniable attraction develops between them. When a surprise attack on American airships takes the island by storm on December 7th, Bekah is forced to choose between her sense of responsibility and her love for Scott.
Red Badge Of Courage CRANE, S	A young and frightened soldier comes of age under the stress of combat in the Civil War.
Slaughterhouse Five VONNEGUT, K	Slaughterhous-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
Soldier's Heart* PAULSEN,	Charley Goddard, who has never been any place beyond Minnesota, and thinks war would be a great adventure, lies his way into the Union Army at the age of 15. Unsparing in the details of what actually happens on the battlefield
Stones In Water* NAPOLI, D	Roberto's life changes forever when German soldiers raid the theater where he is watching a movie. Rounded up and packed off to a brutal work camp, he and his friend vow to stay together in the face of this horror.
Summer Of My German Soldier GREENE, B	An unlikely friendship between an awkward, lonely Jewish girl and a German POW during WW II leads to tragedy.
Sympathy For The Devil ANDERSON, K	This highly acclaimed Vietnam novel traces the story of a hardened Green Beret named Hanson, a college student who goes to War with a book of Yeats's poetry in his pocket and discovers the savagery within himself.
Things They Carried O'BRIEN, T	A profound study of men at War and the intangible burdens of soldier - grief, terror, love, longing.
To Cross A Line* RAY, K	In 1938, after a minor traffic accident, 17-year-old Egon Katz joins an increasing number of German Jews desperately trying to find a way out of the country.
Tomorrow When The War Began* MARSDEN, J	Returning from a camp trip in the Australian bush, Ellie and six of her friends find their families gone, their homes destroyed, and their country invaded. Ellie must decide whether to hide, surrender or find a way to fight.
Two Suns In The Sky* BAT-AMI, M	In the summer of 1944 when Christine meets 15-year-old Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew in a refugee camp in upstate New York, they fall in love. But will the narrow-mindedness of their parents tear them apart again?
Under The Blood-Red Sun SALISBURY, G	When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, everything changes for Hawaiian-born Tomi and his Japanese parents and grandfather.
When Heaven And Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey HAYSLIP, L	Le Ly recounts her childhood in Ky La and her return to Vietnam in 1986 to search for the family she had left behind.
Winds Of War WOUK, H	Follows the various members of the Henry family as they become involved in the events preceding America's involvement in World War II, capturing all the drama, romance, heroism and tragedy of WW II.
Zlata's Diary, A Child's Life In Sarajevo FILIPOVIC, Z	Zlata Filipovic describes her life in Sarajevo, her experiences as she leaves her protected childhood behind, and begins to live the day-to-day hardship and deprivation of a city under siege. Zlata's Diary is a poignant plea for peace and a testament to the futility and waste of War.

Warfare