Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty.rnrnWorld War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats.rnrnBut then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi’s father and grandfa…
The book continues the story Roald Dahl began in Boy, the first part of his memoir. As a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, he recounts his adventures living in the jungle and later flying a fighter plane in World War
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him
Presents the tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive. This novel is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it.
When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, twelve-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of them and must deal with the consequences of that friendship.
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there ar…
After the Great War, the United States and the nations of Europe longed for a lasting peace. As far as they were concerned, they had just experienced "the war to end all wars." Over 15 million lay dead, and much of Europe had been reduced to rubble. The possibility of another such conflict was practically unthinkable. And yet within two decades of the signing of the Versailles Treaty, war broke…
This book documents the progression of the second world war, exploring the roles of various countries and highlighting the influential political figures that led the warring nations into battle. With striking images, this book details the crucial and costly battles fought, encapsulates wartime conditions and reveals how world war two came to its eventual conclusion.
Kezzie, her sister Lucy, and their grandfather struggle to survive in Scotland during World War II.
Indonesian comfort women during the Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
A ruthless spy trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day falls in love and must make a choice between love and country.
Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must do to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
Diary of a young girlWith an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt"--T.p"
Summary: Lise Gronn-Nielsen tells of her horrific experience in this memoir of a child's imprisonment in a Japanese POW camp during World War II. Born to Norwegian parents in Java, ten-year-old Lise's idyllic childhood ended when