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Lexile/Reading Level
450L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Bosnian War | Modern
Date
1990s
Topic
Based on True Story(s)/event | Bosnian War | Evacuated | Gold Fish | Hope | Military and Wars
Geographic Region
Bosnia | Europe
Main Character
Family
Award-Winning Book
Children's Crown Christian Book Award | Runner-up
Format
Book | Ebook

Gleam and Glow

Author: Bunting, Eve

Inspired by real events, master storyteller Eve Bunting recounts the harrowing yet hopeful story of a family, a war–and a dazzling discovery.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 8-12 Graders

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
World War II
Date
1940s
Topic
Friendship | Hitler | Holocaust | Hope | Jews or Jewish | Military and Wars | Survival
Geographic Region
Europe | Poland
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
Audiobook | Book

After (Once #4)

Author: Gleitzman, MorrisPart of a Series: Once

In the fourth part of Felix’s story, continuing his adventures in World War Two, he faces perhaps his greatest challenge – to find hope when he’s lost almost everything, including his parents. As Europe goes through the final agonizing stages of the war, Felix struggles to reconcile hatred and healing. He’s helped by a new friend, but if he should lose her as well …

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Lexile/Reading Level
640L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
World War II
Date
1940s
Topic
Family Relationships | Hope | Imagination | Jews or Jewish | Journey | Military and Wars | Orphanage
Geographic Region
Europe | Poland
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch | Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA) for Fiction for years 7-9
Format
Audiobook | Book | Ebook

Once (Once #1)

Author: Gleitzman, MorrisPart of a Series: Once

Felix, a Jewish boy in Poland in 1942, is hiding from the Nazis in a Catholic orphanage. The only problem is that he doesn’t know anything about the war, and thinks he’s only in the orphanage while his parents travel and try to salvage their bookselling business. And when he thinks his parents are in danger, Felix sets off to warn them–straight into the heart of Nazi-occupied Poland.
To Felix, everything is a story: Why did he get a whole carrot in his soup? It must be sign that his parents are coming to get him. Why are the Nazis burning books? They must be foreign librarians sent to clean out the orphanage’s outdated library. But as Felix’s journey gets increasingly dangerous, he begins to see horrors that not even stories can explain.
Despite his grim surroundings, Felix never loses hope. Morris Gleitzman takes a painful subject and expertly turns it into a story filled with love, friendship, and even humor.

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Lexile/Reading Level
1410L Recommended for 7-9 Grades

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Political

Historical Time Period
Modern
Topic
Biography | Hope | John F. Kennedy | Politics | Short stories | US Presidents
Geographic Region
United States - America
Award-Winning Book
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Format
Audiobook | Book

Profiles in Courage

Author: Kennedy, John F.

During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft.

Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, Profiles in Courage — now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new introduction by Caroline Kennedy, as well as Robert Kennedy’s foreword written for the memorial edition of the volume in 1964 — resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues and is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit. It is as Robert Kennedy states in the foreword, “not just stories of the past but a hook of hope and confidence for the future. What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us.”

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 11-12 Gardes

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Revolutionary War
Date
1700s
Topic
Battles | Founding Fathers | George Washington | Hope | Leadership | Military and Wars | Trenton
Geographic Region
New Jersey | United States - America
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
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To Try Men’s Souls (George Washington #1)

Author: Gingrich, NewtPart of a Series: George Washington

Their story follows three men with three very different roles to play in history: General George Washington, Thomas Paine, and Jonathan Van Dorn, a private in Washington’s army.
The action focuses on one of the most iconic events in American history: Washington cross – ing the Delaware. Unlike the bold, courageous General in Emanuel Leutze’s painting, Washington is full of doubt on the night of December 25, 1776. After five months of defeat, morale is dangerously low. Each morning muster shows that hundreds have deserted in the night.
While Washington prepares his weary troops for the attack on Trenton, Thomas Paine is in Philadelphia, overseeing the printing of his newest pamphlet, The Crisis.
And Jonathan Van Dorn is about to bring the war to his own doorstep. In the heat of battle, he must decide between staying loyal to the cause and sparing his brother who has joined up with the British. Through the thoughts and private fears of these three men, Gingrich and Forstchen illu minate the darkest days of the Revolution. With detailed research and an incredible depth of military insight, this novel provides a rare and personal perspective of the men who fought for, and founded the United States of America.

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Lexile/Reading Level
890L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
World War II
Date
1940s
Topic
Animals | Elephants | Enemy | Family Relationships | Germans | Hope | Military and Wars | Zoos/Zoo Keepers
Geographic Region
Europe | Germany
Main Character
Girl(s)
Format
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Elephant in the Garden, An

Author: Morpurgo, Michael

With Lizzie’s father fighting in World War II, her mother takes on the job of a zoo keeper to provide for her family. Lizzie, her mother, and her eight-year-old brother Karli have become especially attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene. The bombing of Dresden is imminent and soon, so the zoo director explains that as a precautionary measure all the animals must be destroyed so that they’re not running wild through the city. Lizzie’s mother persuades the director to allow Marlene, the elephant, to come stay in the family’s garden.
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As predicted, Dresden is bombed, and the family, including Marlene, is forced from the city. Lizzie and her family aren’t alone. Thousands of Dresden residents are fleeing to find somewhere safe to stay. Lizzie’s mother has to find a different route out of the city to keep the elephant and the children safe from harm. Once they reach the abandoned home of their relatives, they come across Peter, a Canadian navigator who, by putting himself at risk of capture to save the family, gains their trust.

This unlikely grouping of family, elephant, and enemy turned ally come together beautifully to illustrate the importance of love, resolve, and hope.

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