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TITLE: Slaughterhouse-Five
AUTHOR: Kurt Vonnegut; Ryan North WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Von - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: A graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five in which a fourth-generation German-American is tortured by his memories of the firebombing of Dresden in 1944 which he witnessed while a prisoner of war. |
TITLE: Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
AUTHOR: Derf Backderf WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 378 Bac - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: An account, in graphic novel form, of the May 4, 1970, killing of four unarmed Kent State University students who had been protesting the Vietnam War by the Ohio National Guardsmen. |
TITLE: The Cassandra
AUTHOR: Sharma Shields WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Shi - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: Follows a woman who goes to work in a top secret research facility during WWII, only to be tormented by visions of what the mission will mean for humankind. |
TITLE: White Rose
AUTHOR: Kip Wilson WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Wil - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: Tells the story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenges the Nazi regime during World War II as part of the White Rose, a non-violent resistance group. |
TITLE: Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
AUTHOR: Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 940.54 Vin SUMMARY: An account of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II draws on original research and new reporting to trace the half-century battle to exonerate Captain Charles McVay after a wrongful court martial. |
TITLE: Beneath a Scarlet Sky
AUTHOR: Mark Sullivan WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Sul - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: A teenage boy in 1940s Italy becomes part of an underground railroad that helps Jews escape through the Alps but is forced by his parents to enlist as a German soldier for his own protection, where he becomes a spy for the Allies. |
TITLE: Four-Four-Two
AUTHOR: Dean Hughes WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Hug - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: Forced into an internment camp at the start of World War II, eighteen-year-old Yuki enlists in the Army to fight for the Allies as a member of the "Four-Four-Two," a segregated Japanese American regiment. |
TITLE: Salt to the Sea
AUTHOR: Ruta Sepetys WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Sep - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull. |
TITLE: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
AUTHOR: Phillip Hoose WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 940.53 Hoo SUMMARY: The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion. |
TITLE: The Making of a Navy SEAL: My Story of Surviving the Toughest Challenge and Training the Best
AUTHOR: Brandon Webb WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 359.9 Web SUMMARY: Brandon Webb discusses his life with a focus on his training to become a Navy SEAL. |
TITLE: Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
AUTHOR: Steve Sheinkin WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 959.7 She SUMMARY: The story of Daniel Ellsberg and his decision to steal and publish secret documents about America's involvement in the Vietnam War. |
TITLE: Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
AUTHOR: M. T. Anderson WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Sho SUMMARY: An account of the Siege of Leningrad reveals the role played by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony in rallying and commemorating their fellow citizens. |
TITLE: All the Light We Cannot See
AUTHOR: Anthony Doerr WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Doe - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: A blind French girl on the run from the German occupation and a German orphan-turned-Resistance tracker struggle with respective beliefs after meeting on the Brittany coast. |
TITLE: American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
AUTHOR: Chris Kyle WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Kyl SUMMARY: Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL, recounts his life and military experiences, discusses his record for the most career sniper kills in United States military history and the bounty placed on his head by Iraqi insurgents, provides an eye-witness account of war in Iraq, shares the strains of war on his marriage and family, and honors his fellow soldiers. |
TITLE: Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
AUTHOR: Tanya Lee Stone WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 940.54 Sto SUMMARY: Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II. |
TITLE: The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi
AUTHOR: Neal Bascomb WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 364.15 Bas SUMMARY: Presents the history of the group of spies, Holocaust survivors, and lawyers who persued Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi war criminal, for fifteen years in order to bring him to justice for his leadership role in the killing of thousands of Jews during World War II. |
TITLE: The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
AUTHOR: Jack Tapper WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 958.1 Tap SUMMARY: An account of the battle at Combat Outpost Keating, an American outpost hidden in the mountains of Afghanistan. |
TITLE: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
AUTHOR: Ben Fountain WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Fou - NOVELS SUMMARY: A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders. |
TITLE: Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
AUTHOR: Steve Sheinkin WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 623.4 She SUMMARY: Examines the history of the atomic bomb, discussing the discovery of the behavior of uranium when placed next to radioactive material, the race to build a bomb, and the impact of the weapon on societies around the world. |
TITLE: Code Name Verity
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Wein WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Wei - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: 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. |
TITLE: Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
AUTHOR: Dakota Meyer WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 958.1 Mey SUMMARY: A Medal of Honor-awarded Marine sniper shares the controversy-marked story of his heroic contributions during a 2009 Taliban ambush during which he saved a company of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors, a victory that compelled him to disobey orders and assume command without reinforcements or artillery support. |
TITLE: The Yellow Birds
AUTHOR: Kevin Powers WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Pow - NOVELS SUMMARY: In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy's platoon battles for the city; they do everything to protect each other from insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. |
TITLE: Civil War
AUTHOR: John Stanchak WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 973.7 Sta SUMMARY: Examines many aspects of the Civil War, including the issue of slavery, secession, the raising of armies, individual battles, the commanders, Northern life, Confederate culture, the surrender of the South, and the aftermath. |
TITLE: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
AUTHOR: Laura Hillenbrand WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 940.54 Hil SUMMARY: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down. |
TITLE: The War to End All Wars: World War I
AUTHOR: Russell Freedman WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 940.3 Fre SUMMARY: A narrative history of World War I that features archival photographs, and describes how advanced military weaponry impacted the course of the war. |