Theme: patriotism

The Forty-Third War (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books)

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

A twelve-year-old boy learns about death and the conflicts that grip his Central American country when he’s pressed into military service and trained as a soldier.

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Latin America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Klipfish Code

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The year is 1942, and Norway is under Nazi occupation. Ten-year-old Merit is sent with her younger brother to Godoy Island to live with her aunt and grandfather after Germans Bomb Norway in 1940. Merit longs to join her parents in the Resistance and when her aunt, a teacher, is taken away two years later, [...]

Descriptors: Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Norway » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment