Eyes of the Emperor

Author	Jerry Spinelli
ISBN	0440420059

He’s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham.

He’s a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He’s a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He’s a boy who wants to be a Nazi some...

Author	Susan Campbell Bartoletti
ISBN	0439680131

A youth in Nazi Germany tells the truth about Hitler.

Bartoletti has taken one episode from her Newbery Honor Book, Hitler Youth, and fleshed it out into a full novel.

When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly discovers Germany...

Author	Anna Myers
ISBN	0802789897

Would you betray your president to win the heart of America's most celebrated actor?

Bella isn't evil. But even people with good intentions can end up doing bad things. Especially when they meet people with the power to persuade them to do almost anything, like John Wilkes Booth—the...

Author	Walter Dean Myers
ISBN	0590409433

An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of SUNRISE OVER FALLUJA in hardcover.

A coming-of-age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, this is the story of Perry,...

Author	L.M. Elliott
ISBN	0786817534

When Henry Forester is shot down during a bombing run over France, the World War II pilot finds himself trapped behind enemy lines. In constant danger of discovery by German soldiers, Henry begins a remarkable journey to freedom. Relying on the kindness of strangers, Henry moves from town to town--traveling...

Author	Ruth Vander Zee
ISBN	1568461763

Although a picture book in form and shape, Erika’s Story is not for preschoolers. Innocenti’s famous photographic-style paintings in largely sepia tones (except a pink blanket wrapped baby thrown from a train) intensify the austerity of the tale. One of his previously published books, Rose...

Author	Mildred D. Taylor
ISBN	0140360778

As America hovers on the brink of World War II, Cassie Logan fights a battle closer to home--the battle of black against white.

The third book in the powerfully written Logan family saga finds the 17-year-old Cassie Logan dreaming of college and law school. But no amount of schooling can prepare...

Author	Jennifer Richard Jacobson
ISBN	0763641553

Jack’s mom is gone, leaving him all alone on a campsite in Maine. Can he find his way back to Boston before the authorities realize what happened?

Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun, other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and "spinning"...

Author	Coleen Murtagh Paratore
ISBN	0545310202

A powerful, radiant story about a girl who wears her dreams on her sleeve . . .

Aislinn is a girl with a lot of dreams, but due to family issues (caused mostly by her hard-drinking father), there's a lot standing in her way. While she should be enjoying the summer with friends, Aislinn is kept under...

Author	Kwame Alexander
ISBN	0544570979

You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will enrich our lives? 

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