Quick view Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe. View Details
Quick view Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett An extraordinary World War II German agent with secret information about the Allied D-Day landing waits at an English lighthouse to be picked up by a submarine and becomes sidetracked by an affair with a paraplegic's wife. View Details
Quick view Flygirl by Sherri L Smith When America enters World War II, the Army creates the Women's Air Force Service Pilots. Ida Mae Jones, a young African-American woman, suddenly sees a way to fly as well as do something to help her brother stationed in the Pacific. View Details
Quick view The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter Returned to his white family, Indian captive John Cameron Butler wants to go back to his Indian family whom he respects and loves. View Details
Quick view Under a Painted Sky hc by Stacey Lee In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an African American slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri View Details
Quick view The Book of the Lion by Michael Cadnum Returning to the same era of his "In a Dark Wood", Cadnum's majestic novel--part mystery, part history--chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard. View Details
Quick view Shattered: Stories of Children and War by Jennifer Armstrong A collection of stories that explore the realities of war from a child's perspective. View Details
Quick view Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle,... View Details
Quick view Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day... View Details
Quick view Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian Vahan Kenderian lives a life of privilege as the youngest son of a wealthy Armenian family in 1915 Turkey. His secure world is shattered when some family members are whisked away while others are murdered before his eyes. Vahan loses his home and... View Details
Quick view Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli It's 1899, and to a 14-year-old Sicilian immigrant, Louisiana is a lush world full of hidden rules and tension between the Negro and white communities. He's thrilled by a 'gator hunt in the bayou, and by his powerful feelings for a sweet Negro girl. View Details
Quick view Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman Set during World War II and the last days of British occupation in India, this remarkable debut poignantly depicts a young girl struggling to find her place in a mixed-up world, and tells a powerful story about love and loss set against a fascinating... View Details
