World War II

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz: A Boy Survives Ten Concentration Camps

Children
Prisoner B-3087

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz, with Ruth and Jack Gruener, is fiction based on the true story of Jack Gruener. Some stories need to be retold again and again so we never forget them. As the often misquoted George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Although this is [...]

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The Secret of the Nightingale’s Palace: Book Review & Giveaway

Cross Cultural
The Secret of the Nightingale Palace

I’m often drawn to novels by their book covers and The Secret of the Nightingale Palace by Dana Sachs was no exception. I had to find out who the people were behind the paper parasol. When I read the publisher’s description, I knew it was no accident that I was attracted to this novel. This [...]

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The Devil’s Madonna by Sharon Potts: Book Review & Giveaway

Events
The Devil's Madonna

When the publisher sent me The Devil’s Madonna by award-winning author Sharon Potts, I wasn’t sure what to think about the book cover. Unlike most, it seemed so abstract that it gave me no hint about the content. And then I read the concept and knew this one had a lot of potential. Like psychological [...]

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Requiem by Frances Itani: Growing Up in a WWII Japanese Internment Camp

Cross Cultural
Requiem

It has been such a hot summer that when I saw the snow-covered book cover for Requiem by award-winning author, Frances Itani, I wanted to dive right in and make snow angels. When I read the publisher’s description, I realized that I hadn’t read any novels about the World War II Japanese internment camps even [...]

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City of Women by David R. Gillham: Book Review & Giveaway

Cross Cultural
City of Women

When I saw the book cover and title for City of Women by David R. Gillham, I was intrigued. When I read the publisher’s brief description for it, I knew I had to find a copy. I’ve read a lot of novels about World War II, most of which center around men who went to [...]

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The Girl Is Trouble: A World War II Era YA Mystery

Fiction
The Girl Is Trouble

I was in the mood for a good historical mystery when I saw The Girl Is Trouble, a YA mystery by Kathryn Miller Haines. I didn’t realize that it was Book #2 in a series; however, it didn’t matter because it works well as a stand-alone book. It’s the early 1940’s and fifteen-year-old Iris Anderson [...]

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