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Historical Fiction - World War II Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - World War II genre:
The Borrowed House (1975)
A story about a young German girl in Holland during the occupation in World War II.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Song of the Trees (1975)
Cassie Logan does not want her mother to sell their timber while her father is away working on the railroad during the Great Depression.
Author(s):
Mildred D. Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Battle Lost and Won (1978)
A novel set in Egypt at the time of the Battle of El Alamein sports a dust jacket by Ardizzone. This is volume two of The Levant Trilogy.
Author(s):
Olivia Manning
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Fragile Flag (1984)
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
South Pacific (1992)
Adapted from the Broadway musical, this book tells the story of Nellie and Emile, Joe and Liat.
Author(s):
James A. Michener
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
God Bless the Child (2003)
To the sounds of the swing spiritual sung by Billy Holiday, a southern African American family moves north to Chicago.
Author(s):
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Bulldozer (2004)
Bill Crane has just graduated from high school when he and his friend Ducky Davis discover a Caterpillar D2 in a Maine Pond. Soon Bill has salvaged the machine and started a career as a contractor.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edwin Schmidt
Sabre Pilot (2004)
Kirk Owen signs up for the Air Force and is assigned to mechanic’s school where he trains on the F-86 jet fighter. When he gets a chance to attend pilot’s training he jumps at it and winds up fighting in the skies over North Korea.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
John Polgreen
The Sea Snake (2005)
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
Mystery at Witchend (2008)
The first adventure of the Lone Pine Club, a British war time mystery with spies and sabateurs, adapted for radio from the novel by Malcolm Saville.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Val Biro