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Historical Fiction - World War II Genre

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Books in the Historical Fiction - World War II genre:

Some We Loved (1935)

A novel of manners set in depression-era Milwaukee.

Author(s): Edward Harris Heth
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

After the boom times of World War I and the roaring twenties, the farm population was not ready for the hard times of the 1930’s. And many in the Oklahoma dust bowl picked up and made for the promised land of California.

Author(s): John Steinbeck
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Who Is Johnny? (1939)

A black boy, born in Hungary, travels to Berlin to find his long lost brother.

Author(s): Leopold Gedo
Illustrator(s): Leopold Gedo

The Ghostland: A Novel (1940)

The story of a family that moved to a farm in the Ozarks just before the depression, and fought it out.

Author(s): Fred Rothermell
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Left Till Called For (1941)

When the Germans invade their island in the English Channel, Mick and Caroline Templeton get left behind in the confusion.

Author(s): Mary Treadgold
Illustrator(s): Richard Floethe

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1941
Carnegie Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1941

We Couldn’t Leave Dinah (1941)

When the Germans invade their island in the English Channel, Mick and Caroline Templeton get left behind in the confusion.

Author(s): Mary Treadgold
Illustrator(s): Stuart Tresilian

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1941
Carnegie Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1941

Larry and the Undersea Raider (1942)

Set in Hawaii, a naval officer’s son discovers an enemy sub.

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): P. K. Jackson

Shadow in the Pines (1942)

Ted Winslow helps the U.S. Army round up a gang of fifth columnists targeting Fort Dix.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Shadow in the Pines (1942)

Ted Winslow helps the U.S. Army round up a gang of fifth columnists targeting Fort Dix.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Bobo the Barrage Balloon (1943)

A story about what a barrage balloon does to protect its country.

Author(s): Margaret McConnell
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Keep ’Em Crawling: Earthworms at War (1943)

Alexander Botts, Earthworm tractor salesman, gives the war effort his all.

Author(s): William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s): E. Franklin Wittmack

The Missouri Canary (1943)

Chuck and Bob come to the aid of the U.S. Army with their mule, the Missouri Canary.

Author(s): Phil Stong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Return of Silver Chief (1943)

In this war-time mystery, Sergeant Jim Thorne of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his wolf dog, Silver Chief, must capture escaped Nazi prisoners.

Author(s): Jack O’Brien
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1943

The Sea Snake (1943)

Barney Cannon stumbles on a German spy and discovers a hidden U-boat base in the Bahamas.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

The Ship (1943)

Based on the second Battle of Sirte in 1942 between the Italian fleet and a British convoy relieving Malta. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): A. E. Barlow

The Ship (1943)

Based on the second Battle of Sirte in 1942 between the Italian fleet and a British convoy relieving Malta.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Tom Lea

The Storks Fly Home (1943)

The storks fly south as the Germans conquer Holland in the spring of 1940.

Author(s): Jane Tompkins
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Tommy Helps, Too (1943)

Tommy participates in the war effort by recycling as we see his father and brothers in the armed forces.

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Boat Children of Canton (1944)

A brother and sister displaced by the war in China go in search of their family. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Marion B. Ward
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1944

The Long Trains Roll (1944)

Randy MacDougal stumbles on evidence of a sabotage ring aimed at the trains passing through Calico Gap and contacts the FBI.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

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