Kids Book Index
Lois Lowry, illustrated by Kenard Pak
Lois Lowry takes us into World War II through her childhood memories in Hawai’i and Japan. A tricycle, a broken watch, 1,000 cranes are all related to individuals whose lives were tied to the bombings of Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki.
FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM. THE WETZEL FAMILY ESCAPE FROM EAST GERMANYKristen Fulton, illustrated by Torben KuhlmannThis is the true story of Peter Wetzel and his family who risked their lives for freedom in a daring escape from East Germany via a handmade hot air balloon, in 1979.WORLD HISTORY & CULTUREOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Chance: Escape from the HolocaustUri ShulevitzFrom the freezing wilderness confines of a labor camp all the way north near the White Sea to hunger-filled years of displacement all the way south in the city of Turkestan, Uri recounts the lucky breaks and setbacks that happened to him and his parents along the way.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
STRONGMAN: THE RISE OF FIVE DICTATORS AND THE FALL OF DEMOCRACYKenneth C. DavisA Washington Post Best Book of the Year! A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year! A YALSA 2021 Nonfiction Award Nominee!WORLD HISTORY & CULTUREOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details