From the November 16th, 2008 Pigeon Post essay of the same name.
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
Independent Reader
Young Adult
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
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The Little Ships by Louise Borden and illustrated by Michael Foreman Highly Recommended |
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The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrated by Henri Sorensen Highly Recommended |
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The Greatest Skating Race by Louise Borden and illustrated by Niki Daly Recommended |
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Across the Blue Pacific by Louise Borden and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker Suggested |
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Sadako by Eleanor Coerr and illustrated by Ed Young Suggested |
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Journey To Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida and illustrated by Donald Carrick Suggested |
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The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida and illustrated by Joanna Yardley Suggested |
Independent Reader
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Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward Latimer Beach Recommended |
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Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois Recommended |
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Going Solo by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake Recommended |
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House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert De Jong Recommended |
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The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico Recommended |
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Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff Recommended |
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Collins Atlas of World War II by John Keegan Recommended |
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr Recommended |
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Thirty Seconds over Tokyo by Ted W. Lawson Recommended |
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Day of Infamy by Walter Lord Recommended |
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Good Night, Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian Recommended |
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Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier Recommended |
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The Cay by Theodore Taylor Recommended |
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The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Recommended |
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Recommended |
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Graveyards of the Pacific by Robert D. Ballard and Michael Hamilton Morgan Suggested |
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The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden and illustrated by Allan Drummond Suggested |
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Spying on Miss Muller by Eve Bunting Suggested |
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Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene Suggested |
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Suggested |
Young Adult
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Hiroshima by John Hersey Highly Recommended |
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer Highly Recommended |
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Goodbye, Darkness by William Raymond Manchester Highly Recommended |
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Empire Of The Sun by J. G. Ballard Recommended |
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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron Powers Recommended |
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Flyboys by James Bradley Recommended |
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The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill Recommended |
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Das Boot by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim Recommended |
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Memoirs of the Second World War by Winston Churchill Recommended |
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Halsey's Typhoon by Bob Drury and Thomas Clavin Recommended |
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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler Recommended |
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The Great Escape by Anton Gill Recommended |
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Recommended |
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We Die Alone by David Armine Howarth Recommended |
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The Second World War by John Keegan Recommended |
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Incredible Victory by Walter Lord Recommended |
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Love & War in the Apennines by Eric Newby Recommended |
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A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan Recommended |
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The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan Recommended |
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With the Old Breed by E. B. Sledge Recommended |
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Mila 18 by Leon Uris Recommended |
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Iron Coffins by Herbert A. Werner Recommended |
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The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk Recommended |
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