BOOKS ABOUT WORLD WAR II

Our book club recently finished reading and discussing Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.  Shortly after, I read another World War II work: Escape Into Danger by Sophia Orlovsky Williams.  There are so many different books on World War II, both fiction and nonfiction.  And, this blog entry will only touch on a very few.

Take a look at the list of some of the World War II materials that you can find in the Library.

World War II Fiction:
Th Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Ashes by Kathryn Lasky
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry


World War II Nonfiction:
Escape Into Danger: The True Story of a Kievan Girl in World War II by Sophia Orlovsky Williams
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
Night by Elie Wiesel
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel Brown
Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff

Movies:
Pearl Harbor
Schindler's List
The Pianist
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Unbroken

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