Historical Fiction

J Lines of Courage NIEL, J Jennifer A. Nielsen From the assassination that triggers World War I in 1914 to Armistice Day in 1918, the story follows the fates of five young people on both sides of the conflict--each facing their portion of the war with courage, until the end of the war brings them together.

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Finding Junie Kim Ellen Oh A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.

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J Three Strike Summer SCHR, S Skyler Schrempp Dust Bowl refugee Gloria Mae Willard finds herself uprooted and working on a California peach orchard, where she tries to join the secret, all-boys baseball team that she's desperate to play on.

J The Sky We Shared VERN, S Shirley Reva Vernick Set during WWII, Nellie, a young Oregonian and survivor of a balloon bomb, strives to understand how the war has torn her community apart. Across the ocean, Tamiko helps create balloon bombs, but in her struggle to survive hunger and starvation, she muddles her way through her anger against the United States for the war.

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