In 1915, mortally wounded in Loos, France, 18-year-old John Kipling, son of writer Rudyard Kipling, remembers his boyhood and the events leading to what is to be his first and last World War I battle.
Germany
Materials from Germany
Mark’s Messy Room
Carlo is one unhappy cat. That’s because he lives with Mark in the messiest bedroom in town. He can’t even find a place to lie down, so he makes his escape.
Ghosthunters And The Incredibly Revolting Ghost
A timid boy named Tom reluctantly agrees to help Henry Hyssop dispel an IRG ( Incredibly Revolting Ghost) From an old house.
The Center Of The World
As he works through his often difficult relationships with his single mother, distant twin sister, his first boyfriend and an odd assortment of friends, a teenage boy learns about the wounds and healing brought by love.
When Santa Fell To Earth
The marzipan-loving but lightning shy reindeer, Santa and his caravan have come crashing down in a storm just two weeks before Christmas. Santa’s not safe. The ruthless Gerold Geronimus Goblynch plans to put an end to children’s wishes and turn the holiday season into his moneymaking scheme.
The Nazi Olympics
Recounts the story of the Olympics held in Berlin in 1936, and how the Nazis attempted to turn the games into a propaganda tool for their cause.
Kisses From Rosa
While her mother is treated for a serious illness, Rosa stays with her aunt and cousin on a farm in the Black Forest.
Hilde And Eli, Children Of The Holocaust
Providing a look at the pain and horror of the Holocaust, an illustrated book presents the story of two Jewish children–a German girl and Czechoslovakian boy–who were victims of Nazi rule.
The Foundling Fox
An orphan fox is fed and protected by a reluctant vixen, who finds in the end that she loves him as much as her own three kits.
The Star Of Kazan
After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.