World War I u 1914 1918 u 1917

World War I u 1914 -1918 u 1917 - US involvement began with the Zimmerman Telegram & German u-boats sinking the British passenger ship, Lusitania. (over 100 American passengers were killed) u Great Britain, France & Russia vs. Germany, Austria-Hungary & Italy

u A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them. 5. 8 RL 5 pts

A photo of the family of Czar Nicholas II

When Christmas comes again : the World War I diary of Simone Spencer by Beth Seidel Levine u Teenage Simone's diaries for 1917 and 1918 reveal her experiences as a carefree member of New York society, then as a "Hello girl, " a volunteer switchboard operator for the Army Signal Corps in France. R. L. – 5. 8 5 Points

The “Hello Girls” stationed in Paris during World War I

The night flyers by Elizabeth Mc. David Jones u In 1918, caring for her family's homing pigeons while her father is away fighting in World War I, twelve -year-old Pam comes to suspect that a mysterious stranger in her small North Carolina town is a German spy

An actual WWI story about Homing Pigeons u In October 1918, as the war neared its end, 194 American soldiers found themselves trapped by German soldiers. They were cut off from other Allied soldiers and had no working radios. The only chance they had of alerting anybody about their desperate situation was to send a pigeon with their co-ordinates attached to its leg. The pigeon's name was Cher Ami. When released it flew 25 miles from behind German lines to the Americans headquarters. Cher Ami covered the 25 miles in just 25 minutes. The pigeon was, in fact, shot through the chest by the Germans but continued to fly home. With the "Lost Battalion's" co-ordinates, the Americans launched a rescue and the 194 men were saved. Cher Ami was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm for its astonishing flight. As with other pigeons, it would not have known where the American's nearest headquarters was - its natural homing instincts took over.

A time for courage : the suffragette diary of Kathleen Bowen by Kathryn Lasky u A diary account of thirteenyear-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D. C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. R. L. 5. 9 6 Points

World War II u 1939 – 1945 u U. S. entered the war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor- Dec. 7, 1941. u Germany, Japan, Italy vs. Britain, France, Russia, U. S.

A boy at war : a novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mazer u While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and through the chaos of the subsequent days tries to find his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U. S. S. Arizona when the bombs fell BL 3. 8 3 points

u After his father is killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Adam, his mother, and sister are evacuated from Hawaii to California, where he must deal with his feelings about the war, Japanese internment camps, his father, and his own identity. 3. 5 RL 4 pts

The invisible thread : an autobiography by Yoshiko Uchida u Children's author Uchida, who grew up in California as a second-generation Japanese American, describes her childhood and her family's internment in a Nevada concentration camp during World War II. B. L. 6. 5 5 points

Code Talker By Joseph Brucrac u 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. 6. 4 RL 9 pts

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. 4. 6 RL 5 pts

u After his plane is shot down by Hitler's Luftwaffe, nineteenyear-old Henry Forester of Richmond, Virginia, strives to walk across occupied France, with the help of the French Resistance, in hopes of rejoining his unit. 4. 8 RL 10 pts

Soldier boys by Dean Hughes u Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge B. L. - 5. 4 7 points

u During World War II a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly lifethreatening conditions. 4. 6 RL 7 pts

Number the stars by Lois Lowry In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. R. L. 4. 5 4 Points