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2) King Rat
Author
Series
Asian saga volume 4
Language
English
Description
"Japanese POW camp Changi, Singapore: hell on earth for the soldiers contained within its barbed wire walls. Officers and enlisted men, all prisoners together, yet the old hierarchies and rivalries survive. An American corporal, known as the King, has used his personality and wile to facilitate trading with guards and locals to get needed food, supplies, even information into the camp. The imprisoned upper-class officers have never had to do things...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain.A true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
Jan and Antonina Zabinski were Polish Christian zookeepers horrified by Nazi racism, who managed to save over three hundred people. Yet their story has fallen between the seams of history.
Drawing on Antonina's diary and other historical sources, bestselling
...Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
372 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
From massive aerial battles that clouded the skies with planes to deathly secret operations deep behind enemy lines, the events of World War II are some of the most awe-inspiring of all time. Discover legendary commanders, tremendous fights, elite soldiers, and courageous individuals whose deeds truly made the difference in this jaw-dropping guide to the biggest war the world has ever seen.
7) Italy at war
Author
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1982
Physical Desc
207 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
9) Camp X
Author
Series
Camp X volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Canada
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
233 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's 1943, and nearly-12-year-old George and his older brother Jack are spending a restless wartime summer in Whitby, Ontario, where their mom is working at a munitions plant while their dad is off fighting the Germans. One afternoon, the boys stumble across Canada's top-secret spy camp-and so begins an exciting and terrifying adventure as George and Jack get caught up in the covert activities of Camp X.
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