{"id":17828,"date":"2020-05-08T15:48:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T19:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/?p=17828"},"modified":"2021-05-11T15:23:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T19:23:50","slug":"world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e98c9008de1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e98c9008de1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/#All_About_the_War\" >All About the War<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/2\/#The_Roosevelts\" >The Roosevelts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/3\/#The_War_in_Europe\" >The War in Europe<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/4\/#The_War_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Movies\" >The War in Europe &#8211; Movies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/5\/#Pearl_Harbor_Japan_and_the_Pacific_Theater\" >Pearl Harbor, Japan, and the Pacific Theater<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/6\/#Japanese_Internment\" >Japanese Internment<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/7\/#On_the_Home_Front\" >On the Home Front<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/8\/#Animals_and_the_War\" >Animals and the War<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/world-war-ii\/9\/#The_Atom_Bomb_and_Hiroshima\" >The Atom Bomb and Hiroshima<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"All_About_the_War\"><\/span>All About the War<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 20px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-peace-jazz-hakim-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-peace-jazz-hakim-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-peace-jazz-hakim.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 20px;\">\n<p>In Joy Hakim\u2019s outstanding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joyhakim.com\/a-history-of-us.html\">A History of US<\/a> series, <em>War, Peace, and All That Jazz<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2007), covers the period from 1918 to 1945, with plenty of well-presented information and human interest. Highly recommended. For ages 11-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-for-kids-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-for-kids-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-for-kids.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>By Richard Panchyk, <em>World War II for Kids<\/em> (Chicago Review Press, 2002) covers the war from Hitler\u2019s rise to power in 1933 to the bombing of Hiroshima and the surrender of Japan in 1945. Included are timelines, maps, period photos, and 21 hands-on projects and activities. Play a rationing game, break a military code, or stage your own radio adventure series. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-eyewitness-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-eyewitness-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-eyewitness.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Simon Adams\u2019s <em>World War II<\/em> (DK, 2014), one of the graphically creative Eyewitness series, is filled with wonderful photos of people and artifacts. Each double-page spread covers a different aspect of the war, such as \u201cIn the German army,\u201d \u201cThe Battle of Britain,\u201d \u201cCodebreakers,\u201d \u201cD-Day invasion,\u201d and \u201cA wartime childhood.\u201d For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/you-wouldnt-want-to-be-world-war-II-pilot-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/you-wouldnt-want-to-be-world-war-II-pilot-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/you-wouldnt-want-to-be-world-war-II-pilot-768x981.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/you-wouldnt-want-to-be-world-war-II-pilot.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>In the popular You Wouldn\u2019t Want to Be series, see Ian Graham\u2019s <em>You Wouldn\u2019t Want to Be a World War II Pilot!<\/em> (Scholastic, 2009) and John Malam\u2019s <em>You Wouldn\u2019t Want to Be a Secret Agent During World War II <\/em>(Scholastic, 2010). All combine catchy second-person narration and humorous illustrations with substantive background information &#8211; and they&#8217;re masters of reverse psychology. Kids love them. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/woeful-second-world-war-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/woeful-second-world-war-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/woeful-second-world-war.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>In Terry Deary\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/series\/1055\/horrible-histories\">Horrible Histories<\/a> series, <em>Woeful Second World War<\/em> (Scholastic, 2016) is a comprehensive history of the war with a clever snarky text and a lot of the gicky memory-sticking facts that kids love. (Elephants run amok in the blackout. Meals of maggots.) In the same series, also see Deary\u2019s <em>The Blitzed Brits<\/em> (2016). For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-good-fight-ambrose-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-good-fight-ambrose-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-good-fight-ambrose-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-good-fight-ambrose-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>By historian Stephen E. Ambrose, <em>The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won<\/em> (Atheneum, 2001) is a chronicle of the war, illustrated with timelines, photographs, full-color maps, and Quick Facts boxes. A good introduction to World War II for ages 11 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/great-world-war-II-projects-nomad-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/great-world-war-II-projects-nomad-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/great-world-war-II-projects-nomad.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>By Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt, <em>Great World War II Projects You Can Build Yourself<\/em> (Nomad Press, 2006) is divided in two parts: On the Home Front and On the Front Lines. Included are an annotated timeline, fact boxes, maps, period photos, and well-presented historical background information, plus many hands-on projects, among them making a papier-mache piggybank, a tabletop victory garden, a signal light, and a recruitment poster. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-capstone-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-capstone-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-capstone-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-capstone-768x1092.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-capstone-1080x1536.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-capstone-1440x2048.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/world-war-II-capstone.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.capstonepub.com\/library\/series\/you-choose-history\/\">Interactive History Adventure series <\/a>(Capstone Press), based on the experiences of real people, readers travel different paths depending on the decisions they make. Illustrated with photos and maps. Books with World War II themes include <em>Attack on Pearl Harbor<\/em>, <em>World War II<\/em>, and <em>World War II on the Home Front<\/em>. Exciting and informative reads for ages 8-11.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/we-were-heroes-walter-myers-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/we-were-heroes-walter-myers-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/we-were-heroes-walter-myers.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>By Walter Dean Myers, <em>We Were Heroes: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins<\/em> (Scholastic, 2012) is the first-person story of a 17-year-old soldier in Normandy, France, in 1944, during the D-Day invasion. For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thechildrenswar.blogspot.com\/\">The Children\u2019s War<\/a> is an insightful journal of historical fiction and non-fiction books for children and teenagers set in and around World War II, along with historical background information, illustrations, \u201cand other interesting bits.\u201d Included is a chronological index.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/history\/world_war_ii\">World War II<\/a> from the Ducksters Education site has an overview of the war, and individual photo-illustrated pages on prominent battles, events, and people.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\">History.com<\/a>, many illustrated topics on World War II, among them Nazi Party, Benito Mussolini, American Women in world War II, the Manhattan Project, Midway, and more.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wars.mrdonn.org\/WW2.html\">World War II<\/a> from history teacher Mr. Donn is a collection of lesson plans, activities, and information for a range of ages.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sheg.stanford.edu\/history-lessons\">Stanford History Education Group<\/a> has a large number of lesson plans, categorized by time period, for both US and World History. Several cover World War II and 1940s topics, such as Japanese-American incarceration, the atomic bomb, and Nazi propaganda.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ken-burns-the-war-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ken-burns-the-war-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ken-burns-the-war-750x1024.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ken-burns-the-war-768x1049.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ken-burns-the-war.jpg 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Ken Burns\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/thewar\/\">The War<\/a> is a seven-part PBS series on World War II, centered around the personal stories of those who lived through it. The website also has lesson plans and activities, and a Search and Explore database of period photographs and primary source documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>What happened when and where? See this annotated and illustrated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/masterpiece\/specialfeatures\/world-war-ii-major-events-timeline\/#\">Timeline of World War II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/story-of-world-war-II-coloring-book-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/story-of-world-war-II-coloring-book-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/story-of-world-war-II-coloring-book.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/store.doverpublications.com\/\">Dover Publications<\/a>, see Peter Copeland\u2019s <em>Story of World War II<\/em> coloring book (2004) and Tom Tierney\u2019s <em>American Family of the 1940s<\/em> paper dolls (1992).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/high-flight-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/high-flight-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/high-flight.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>One of the most famous poems of World War II is \u201cHigh Flight,\u201d written in 1941 by John Magee, a nineteen-year-old Canadian Air Force pilot. Read the poem and a brief biography of Magee \u2013 who was killed in a training accident just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/73\/603.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wind-flyers-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wind-flyers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wind-flyers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wind-flyers.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Angela Johnson\u2019s <em>Wind Flyers<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2007) is a picture-book story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a band of undercelebrated World War II heroes. \u201cGreat-great-uncle was a wind flyer,\u201d begins the young narrator. \u201cA smooth wind flyer. A Tuskegee wind flyer\u2026\u201d For aged 5-9.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/code-talker-bruchac-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/code-talker-bruchac-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/code-talker-bruchac.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Joseph Bruchac\u2019s <em>Code Talker<\/em> (Speak, 2006) is the story of young Ned Begay, a Navajo who became a World War II code talker, using his native language to confound the enemy. For ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<p>Also by Bruchac, see <em>Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code<\/em> (Albert Whitman, 2019) for ages 7-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Want to learn Navajo? It\u2019s available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/course\/nv\/en\/Learn-Navajo\">Duolingo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/patton-movie-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/patton-movie-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/patton-movie-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/patton-movie-768x913.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/patton-movie.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>The 1970 movie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066206\/\">Patton<\/a>, starring George C. Scott as the controversial general, covers Patton\u2019s career from North Africa through the invasion of Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Rated PG.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/the-holocaust\/\">The Holocaust<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>The Roosevelts<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-by-cooney-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-by-cooney-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-by-cooney-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-by-cooney-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-by-cooney-1094x1536.jpg 1094w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-by-cooney.jpg 1197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Barbara Cooney\u2019s <em>Eleanor<\/em> (Puffin, 1999) is a charming picture book about the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt and how it helped shape the amazing woman she was to become. For ages 5-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boy-named-fdr-krull-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boy-named-fdr-krull-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boy-named-fdr-krull.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Kathleen Krull\u2019s <em>A Boy Named FDR<\/em> (Dragonfly, 2016) is an appealing picture-book biography concentrated on FDR\u2019s childhood, entry into politics, and battle with polio. A summary of his achievements as president is included. For ages 5-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-roosevelt-freedman-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-roosevelt-freedman-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-roosevelt-freedman.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Russell Freedman\u2019s <em>Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery<\/em> (Clarion, 1997), a Newbery Honor book, illustrated with period photos, is an excellent biography for ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-roosevelt-by-sawyer-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-roosevelt-by-sawyer-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eleanor-roosevelt-by-sawyer.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Kem Knapp Sawyer\u2019s <em>Eleanor Roosevelt<\/em> (DK, 2017), illustrated with many color and black-and-white photos, is a reader-friendly biography for ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/amelia-and-eleanor-go-for-ride-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/amelia-and-eleanor-go-for-ride-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/amelia-and-eleanor-go-for-ride-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/amelia-and-eleanor-go-for-ride.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Pam Munoz Ryan\u2019s <em>Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride<\/em> (Scholastic, 1999) is the picture-book story of a little-known slice of history &#8211; a night in 1933 when Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart, still clothed in evening gowns, slipped away from a White House dinner, commandeered an airplane, and went for a ride. For ages 7-10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/franklin-and-winston-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/franklin-and-winston-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/franklin-and-winston.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Douglas Wood\u2019s <em>Franklin and Winston: A Christmas That Changed the World<\/em> (Candlewick, 2011), beautifully illustrated with watercolor paintings by Barry Moser, is an engaging account of the momentous 1941 Christmas meeting between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill that forged an essential alliance and eventually led to Allied victory in World War II. For ages 7-10.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fdr-for-kids-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fdr-for-kids-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fdr-for-kids.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Richard Panchyk\u2019s <em>Franklin Delano Roosevelt for Kids<\/em> (Chicago Review Press, 2007) covers FDR\u2019s life and times, with period photos, first-person accounts, and 21 hands-on projects and activities, among them building a model ship, starting a stamp collection, and designing a WPA-style mural. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ken-burns-the-roosevelts-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ken-burns-the-roosevelts-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ken-burns-the-roosevelts.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Ken Burns\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/kenburns\/the-roosevelts\">The Roosevelts: An Intimate History<\/a> is a seven-episode mini-series from PBS, covering Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, running from 1858 to 1962. The website has a photo gallery and classroom resources and suggested activities.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sunriseatcampobello_4466__93512.1556889236-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sunriseatcampobello_4466__93512.1556889236-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sunriseatcampobello_4466__93512.1556889236-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sunriseatcampobello_4466__93512.1556889236-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sunriseatcampobello_4466__93512.1556889236.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054354\/\">Sunrise at Campobello<\/a> (1960) is the story of FDR\u2019s battle with polio, which he contracted in 1921, and its effect on his family and his political career. Not rated, but definitely in the G or PG category.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fdr-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fdr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fdr-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fdr-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fdr-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fdr.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>From PBS\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/collections\/presidents\/\">The Presidents<\/a> series, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/films\/fdr\/\">FDR<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/films\/truman\/\">Truman<\/a>. Click on each president for primary source material, images, and film clips.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>The War in Europe<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-little-ships-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-little-ships-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-little-ships.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Louise Borden\u2019s <em>The Little Ships<\/em> (Margaret K. McElderry, 2003) is the picture-book story of the evacuation of the trapped British army from Dunkirk in 1940, in large part by fleets of volunteers in fishing boats \u2013 the \u201clittle ships.\u201d The story is narrated by a young girl who accompanies her father across the English Channel. For ages 7-11.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-snow-goose-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-snow-goose-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-snow-goose-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-snow-goose-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-snow-goose.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Paul Gallico\u2019s novella <em>The Snow Goose<\/em> (Alfred A. Knopf, 1941) is the story of the solitary hunchback Philip Rhayader, who lives in an abandoned lighthouse on the English seacoast, and a young girl, Fritha, with whom he forms a bond when together they save the life of a wounded snow goose. The bird returns to the lighthouse year after year \u2013 finally visiting Fritha one last time after Rhayader and his boat are lost evacuating soldiers from Dunkirk. A beautiful book and an enduring classic for ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greatest-skating-race-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greatest-skating-race-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greatest-skating-race.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Louise Borden\u2019s <em>The Greatest Skating Race<\/em> (Margaret K. McElderry, 2004), it\u2019s 1941, and in the Netherlands young Piet has been given the task of skating two neighbor children to safety, across the frozen canals and into Belgium. The trick: to look like three kids out to play. For ages 7-10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snow-treasure-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snow-treasure-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snow-treasure.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Marie McSwigan\u2019s <em>Snow Treasure<\/em> (Puffin, 2006) is the exciting story of young Peter Lindstrom and friends who, in Nazi-occupied Norway, managed to smuggle nine million dollars\u2019-worth of gold out of the country to safety by hiding it on their sleds. For ages 7-11.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bicycle-spy-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bicycle-spy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bicycle-spy.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Yona Zeldis McDonough\u2019s <em>The Bicycle Spy<\/em> (Scholastic, 2020), set in France, young Marcel dreams of someday competing in the Tour de France \u2013 though his bicycle skills come into play in World War II as he smuggles secret messages along with bread from his parents\u2019 bakery. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/journey-that-saved-curious-george-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/journey-that-saved-curious-george-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/journey-that-saved-curious-george.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Illustrated with photos and cartoon drawings, Louise W. Borden\u2019s <em>The Journey That Saved Curious George<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010) is the story of how Hans and Margret Rey fled Paris on bicycles as the German army moved in, carrying their children\u2019s manuscripts with them. Written in the form of a travel journal. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/allies-by-gratz-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/allies-by-gratz-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/allies-by-gratz-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/allies-by-gratz-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/allies-by-gratz.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Alan Gratz\u2019s <em>Allies <\/em>(Scholastic, 2019) is a gripping story of D-Day, told from the points of view of a soldier on a transport heading for the Normandy beaches, a paratrooper, a medic, and a girl who works as a spy behind enemy lines in France. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/night-witches-by-lasky-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/night-witches-by-lasky-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/night-witches-by-lasky-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/night-witches-by-lasky-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/night-witches-by-lasky.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Kathryn Lasky\u2019s <em>Night Witches<\/em> (Scholastic, 2017), through the eyes of 16-year-old Valya, is a fictionalized story of the brigade of daredevil Russian female pilots who \u2013 flying at night \u2013 stalked the German invaders. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-silver-sword-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-silver-sword-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-silver-sword.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Ian Seraillier\u2019s now-classic <em>The Silver Sword<\/em> (Vintage, 2012), Joseph Balicki \u2013 a schoolteacher in Nazi-occupied Warsaw \u2013 and his wife have been sent to Nazi prison camps. Their three children, Ruth, Edek, and Bronia, left on their own, must survive in war-torn Poland and struggle to find their parents. A Scholastic version has been published with the title <em>Escape from Warsaw<\/em>. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blackbird-girls-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blackbird-girls-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blackbird-girls.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Anne Blankman\u2019s <em>Blackbird Girls<\/em> (Viking, 2020), set in Ukraine and Russia, the story alternates between that of Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko in the aftermath of Chernobyl and that of Valentina\u2019s grandmother, Rifka, trying to survive in Ukraine during World War II. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lifeboat-12-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lifeboat-12-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lifeboat-12.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Susan Hood\u2019s gripping <em>Lifeboat 12<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2019) is the story of 13-year-old Ken and the other survivors in his lifeboat after the <em>City of Benares<\/em>, the ship carrying evacuated children from England to Canada, is torpedoed. An edge-of-the-seat read for ages 9-13.<\/p>\n<p>Also see Deborah Heiligman\u2019s <em>Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of \u201cThe Children\u2019s Ship\u201d<\/em> (Henry Holt, 2019).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/making-bombs-for-hitler-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/making-bombs-for-hitler-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/making-bombs-for-hitler-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/making-bombs-for-hitler-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/making-bombs-for-hitler.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch\u2019s <em>Making Bombs for Hitler<\/em> (Scholastic, 2019), Lida\u2019s Ukrainian family has been torn apart by the Nazis, and Lida and other Ukrainian children have been sent to a work camp. When they\u2019re assigned to make bombs for the German army, Lida and her friends turn to sabotage. For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-on-a-bicycle-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-on-a-bicycle-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-on-a-bicycle.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Shirley Hughes\u2019s <em>Hero on a Bicycle<\/em> (Candlewick, 2017), set in 1944 in Nazi-occupied Italy, 13-year-old Paolo and his older sister Constanza \u2013 armed only with a bicycle \u2013 find ways to aid the Italian resistance, and to deceive the Gestapo, while hiding Allied escaped prisoners of war. An exciting read for ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/projekt-1065-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/projekt-1065-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/projekt-1065.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Alan Gratz\u2019s <em>Projekt 1065<\/em> (Scholastic, 2016), young Michael O\u2019Shaughnessy and his parents live in Nazi Germany, where Michael is an upstanding member of Hitler Youth. In reality, however, all are spies for the Allies. A thriller for ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/white-rose-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/white-rose-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/white-rose.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Kip Wilson\u2019s <em>White Rose<\/em> (Versify, 2019), a novel in verse, is the story of German student Sophie Scholl, whose organization \u2013 called the White Rose \u2013 distributed pamphlets opposing the Nazi regime and calling German citizens to action. Sophie and her brother were arrested for treason and executed. A story of incredible courage for ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/anna-and-swallow-man-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/anna-and-swallow-man-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/anna-and-swallow-man.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Gavriel Savit\u2019s <em>Anna and the Swallow Man<\/em> (Ember, 2017), set in Poland during the Second World War, seven-year-old Anna\u2019s father has been taken to a concentration camp, leaving Anna alone. Anna then meets up with the mysterious Swallow Man \u2013 who speaks many languages, including Bird \u2013 and the two spend the years of the war hiding in the Polish forests, close to the Eastern Front. A powerful and poignant story for ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/code-name-verity-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/code-name-verity-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/code-name-verity.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Elizabeth Wein\u2019s gripping <em>Code Name Verity<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2013), Julie \u2013 a British spy with the code name Verity \u2013 is captured by the Gestapo behind enemy lines and does her best both to save herself and to protect the pilot who brought her there. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<p>Also by Wein, see <em>Rose Under Fire<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2014), in which Rose, flying an Allied fighter plane, is captured by the Nazis and sent to the Ravensbruck concentration camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/symphony-for-city-of-dead-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/symphony-for-city-of-dead-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/symphony-for-city-of-dead-639x1024.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/symphony-for-city-of-dead.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In M.T. Anderson\u2019s award-winning <em>Symphony for the City of the Dead<\/em> (Candlewick, 2017), it\u2019s 1941, the German army has surrounded Leningrad, and the city is under siege \u2013 and composer Dmitri Shostakovich is writing a symphony to commemorate, encourage, and rally his fellow citizens. Illustrated with period photos. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shadow-on-mountain-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shadow-on-mountain-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shadow-on-mountain.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Marji Preus\u2019s <em>Shadow on the Mountain<\/em> (Harry N. Abrams, 2014) is the story of 14-year-old Espen, who joins the Norwegian resistance movement after the Nazis occupy his country. He begins by delivering illegal newspapers and later graduates to full-fledged spy, dodging the Gestapo, until he&#8217;s eventually forced to flee on skis across the border to Sweden. Based on real-life events. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salt-to-the-sea-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salt-to-the-sea-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salt-to-the-sea.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Ruta Sepetys\u2019s <em>Salt to the Sea<\/em> (Penguin, 2017) is the intertwined story of four young refugees, trapped between the Germans and the advancing Russian army, and all hoping to escape on the ship <em>Wilhelm Gustloff<\/em>, which was sunk by a Soviet submarine in January 1945. Of the 10,500 people on board, at least 9000 drowned. A tragic and wonderful book that still shows the value of hope and human connection. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/guernsey-literary-society-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/guernsey-literary-society-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/guernsey-literary-society.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, <em>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society<\/em> (Dial, 2009) is an epistolary novel set just after World War II, in which London journalist Juliet begins a correspondence with the inhabitants of the island of Guernsey, all members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Eventually she travels to the island, meets a wide range of captivating characters, and listens to their stories about the German invasion and five-year occupation of Guernsey. Humor, sadness, gentle romance, and moments of horror \u2013 and a wonderful read for booklovers. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/slaughterhouse-five-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/slaughterhouse-five-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/slaughterhouse-five.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Kurt Vonnegut\u2019s now-classic <em>Slaughterhouse-Five<\/em> (Dial, 1999) centers around the firebombing of Dresden, which main character Billy Pilgrim experiences as a German prisoner of war. Billy, kidnapped by Tralfamadorians and held prisoner in an alien zoo, becomes unstuck in time. (Yes, really.) It\u2019s a fascinating book and a must-read for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blackout-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blackout-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blackout.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Connie Willis\u2019s <em>Blackout<\/em> (Spectra, 2010) begins in the Oxford of 2060, when historians routinely time-travel into the past. Michael Davies is planning to head for Pearl Harbor; Merope Ward \u2013 who really wants to go to VE-Day \u2013 is in 1940 dealing with obstreperous evacuees; and Polly Churchill is preparing to go to the Blitz. Then sometime goes wrong \u2013 and the three are stranded in time for the duration of the war. Also see the sequel <em>All Clear<\/em>, which won the Nebula Award. Science fiction, with a lot of memorable and well-researched World War II history. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>The War in Europe &#8211; Movies<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bedknobs-and-broomsticks-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bedknobs-and-broomsticks-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bedknobs-and-broomsticks.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066817\/\">Bedknobs and Broomsticks<\/a> (1971), Charlie, Carrie, and Paul have been evacuated from war-torn London and sent to live in the country with Eglantine Price \u2013 who turns out to be an apprentice witch. Eventually the kids, Miss Price, and wizard Emelius Browne, the head of Miss Price\u2019s witchcraft correspondence school, discover a spell that enables them to defeat a Nazi U-boat invasion. And there\u2019s an enchanted bedknob. Rated G.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/casablanca-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/casablanca-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/casablanca.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0034583\/\">Casablanca<\/a> (1942), in the early days of World War II, cynical Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) runs a nightclub in Morocco that has become a haven for refugees attempting to escape to America. A wonderful story that ends with the beginning of a beautiful friendship. A must-see.\u00a0 Rated PG.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/great-escape-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/great-escape-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/great-escape-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/great-escape-768x1201.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/great-escape.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In the awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057115\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">The Great Escape<\/a> (1963) \u2013 based a true story &#8211; prisoners in an \u201cescape-proof\u201d German prisoner-of-war camp plan a massive breakout. It\u2019s funny, tense, exciting (Steve McQueen leaping barbed wire on a motorcycle), and \u2013 in parts &#8211;\u00a0 painfully sad. Not rated, but not for the very young.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/monuments-men-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/monuments-men-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/monuments-men-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/monuments-men-768x1043.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/monuments-men.jpg 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2177771\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">The Monuments Men<\/a> (2014) is the story of an unlikely World War II platoon whose mission is to rescue art masterpieces from the Nazis. Rated PG-13.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/darkest-hour-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/darkest-hour-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/darkest-hour-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/darkest-hour-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/darkest-hour.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4555426\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Darkest Hour<\/a> (2017), it\u2019s 1940 and Winston Churchill must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler or continue the war, which could mean the end of the British Empire. Gary Oldman plays a spectacular Churchill. Rated PG-13.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dunkirk-poster-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dunkirk-poster-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dunkirk-poster-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dunkirk-poster-768x1120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dunkirk-poster-1053x1536.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dunkirk-poster-1404x2048.jpg 1404w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dunkirk-poster-scaled.jpg 1755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5013056\/\">Dunkirk<\/a> (2017) is the gripping story of the evacuation of many thousands of Allied soldiers, trapped on the coast of France by the German army \u2013 many saved by volunteer civilians in a motley armada of small boats. Rated PG-13.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-kings-speech-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-kings-speech-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-kings-speech.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1504320\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2\">The King\u2019s Speech<\/a> (2010), King Edward VIII of England has abdicated, leaving the throne to his younger brother, the new King George VI (Colin Firth). The new king has a stutter, and unconventional speech therapist Lionel Logue is hired to help him overcome it \u2013 and to enable him to give the important speech that follows England\u2019s declaration of war with Germany. It\u2019s rated R for some bad language, which seems excessive.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/enigma-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/enigma-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/enigma.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0157583\/\">Enigma<\/a> (2001), set at Bletchley Park, is the story of the race to crack the German Enigma code, to which end the authorities have brought in mathematical genius Tom Jericho. Excitement, betrayal, romance, and code-breaking. It\u2019s rated R for a sex scene and some bad language.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/band-of-brothers-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/band-of-brothers-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/band-of-brothers.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0185906\/\">Band of Brothers<\/a> (2001) is a ten-episode mini-series depicting the mission of Easy Company of the U.S. Army\u2019s 101<sup>st<\/sup> Airborne Division in World War II Europe,\u00a0 from Operation Overlord through V-J Day. Not rated.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>Pearl Harbor, Japan, and the Pacific Theater<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pearl-harbor-krensky-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pearl-harbor-krensky-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pearl-harbor-krensky-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pearl-harbor-krensky-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pearl-harbor-krensky-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pearl-harbor-krensky.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Stephen Krensky\u2019s <em>Pearl Harbor<\/em> (Simon Spotlight, 2001) in the Ready-to-Read series is a simple account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States\u2019 entry into World War II for ages 6-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/I-survived-pearl-harbor-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/I-survived-pearl-harbor-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/I-survived-pearl-harbor.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Lauren Tarshis, in <em>I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941<\/em> (Scholastic, 2011), eleven-year-old Danny is alone on the beach in Hawaii when the Japanese forces arrive. An exciting and catchy read for ages 7-10.<\/p>\n<p>Other World War II themed books in this extensive series include <em>I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944<\/em> and <em>I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/on-the-horizon-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/on-the-horizon-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/on-the-horizon.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Lois Lowry\u2019s <em>On the Horizon<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020) was inspired by an old home movie, in which Lowry realized that her father had not only filmed her as a toddler playing on a Hawaiian beach, but \u2013 in the distance \u2013 the <em>USS Arizona<\/em> heading for its berth at Pearl Harbor. The book is a haunting and beautiful collection of poems connecting the first and last bombings of America\u2019s World War II, at Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a-boy-at-war-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a-boy-at-war-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a-boy-at-war.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Harry Mazer, <em>A Boy at War<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2002) is the story of Pearl Harbor from the standpoint of main character Adam, whose father is a navy lieutenant on board the <em>USS Arizona<\/em>. For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/raid-of-no-return-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/raid-of-no-return-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/raid-of-no-return.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nathanhaleauthor.com\/#\/hazardous-tales\/\">Nathan Hale\u2019s Hazardous Tales series<\/a>, <em>Raid of No Return<\/em> (Harry N. Abrams, 2017) is the story of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942, in retaliation for Pearl Harbor. This was America\u2019s first strike against the Japanese archipelago. In graphic novel format for ages 8-13.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/grenade-by-gratz-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/grenade-by-gratz-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/grenade-by-gratz-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/grenade-by-gratz-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/grenade-by-gratz.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Alan Gratz\u2019s <em>Grenade<\/em> (Scholastic, 2019) is set in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa. Thirteen-year-old Hideki has been drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps of the Japanese army, given a grenade, and told to use it to kill an American soldier. Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa for his first action of the war. Inevitably the two boys meet. A look at the brutality and moral cost of war for ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/when-my-name-was-keoko-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/when-my-name-was-keoko-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/when-my-name-was-keoko.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Linda Sue Park\u2019s <em>When My Name Was Keoko<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), set in Korea during World War II, the country is occupied by the Japanese and the Korean language and culture are forbidden. With the advent of war, Sun-hee\u2019s family discovers that Koreans are expected to fight on the side of the hated Japanese \u2013 and her beloved uncle is a member of the Korean resistance. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/so-far-from-the-bamboo-grove-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/so-far-from-the-bamboo-grove-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/so-far-from-the-bamboo-grove.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Yoko Kawashima Watkins\u2019s <em>So Far from the Bamboo Grove<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2008), a fictionalized memoir told in the first person, Korea is in the final days of World War II, with the Koreans determined to take back their country and end the brutal Japanese occupation. Eleven-year-old Yoko and her Japanese family must flee to Japan \u2013 a country Yoko barely knows. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/caine-mutiny-book-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/caine-mutiny-book-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/caine-mutiny-book.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Herman Wouk\u2019s <em>The Caine Mutiny<\/em> (Back Bay Books, 1992) is set on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater, where officers lead a mutiny against the autocratic and paranoid Captain Queeg. The result is a problematic court martial \u2013 was the mutiny a criminal act or a responsible move to save the ship from an unstable captain? A good discussion book for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Find out how <em>The Caine Mutiny<\/em> influenced the drafting of the 25<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2018\/09\/10\/how-the-caine-mutiny-and-the-paranoid-capt-queeg-contributed-to-the-debate-over-the-25th-amendment\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/caine-mutiny-movie-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/caine-mutiny-movie-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/caine-mutiny-movie.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In the movie version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046816\/\">The Caine Mutiny<\/a> (1954), Humphrey Bogart plays Captain Queeg. Not rated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tora-tora-tora-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tora-tora-tora-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tora-tora-tora.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066473\/\">Tora! Tora! Tora!<\/a> (1970) is a dramatic account of the days leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack, both in Japan and in the United States, followed by the attack itself. A final scene shows Pearl Harbor in flames, with Japanese Admiral Yamamoto saying, \u201cI fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.\u201d Rated G.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/empire-of-sun-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/empire-of-sun-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/empire-of-sun-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/empire-of-sun-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/empire-of-sun.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0092965\/\">Empire of the Sun<\/a> (1987), directed by Steven Spielberg, a privileged young boy is separated from his parents during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai and ends up in an internment camp. Rated PG.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bridge-on-river-kwai-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bridge-on-river-kwai-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bridge-on-river-kwai.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050212\/\">The Bridge on the River Kwai<\/a> (1957), British prisoners of war are forced by the Japanese to build a bridge for the Burma-Siam railway. At first they plan to sabotage the bridge; then, under the leadership of the British Colonel Nicholson, the bridge becomes a monument to prisoner morale. Rated PG.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pearl-harbor-movie-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pearl-harbor-movie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pearl-harbor-movie.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0213149\/\">Pearl Harbor<\/a> (2001) follows a pair of childhood friends, Rafe and Danny, and a Navy nurse, through the day of the Japanese attack in December, 1941. Some romance and a lot of bombs. Rated PG-13.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/midway-movie-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/midway-movie-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/midway-movie-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/midway-movie-768x1038.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/midway-movie.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6924650\/\">Midway<\/a> (2019) is the story of the Battle of Midway between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy, a pivotal point in the Pacific theater, with scenes of participants on both sides. Rated PG-13.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/flags-of-our-fathers-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/flags-of-our-fathers-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/flags-of-our-fathers.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Directed by Clint Eastwood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0418689\/\">Flags of Our Fathers<\/a> (2006) is the story of the six men who raised the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima. Rated R for bloody scenes of battle and bad language.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/letters-from-iwo-jima-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/letters-from-iwo-jima-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/letters-from-iwo-jima.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Also by Eastwood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0498380\/\">Letters from Iwo Jima<\/a> (2006) is the story of the battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese, after a modern-day crew digs up a pack of letters written by Japanese soldiers. Rated R, primarily for violent scenes of combat.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>Japanese Internment<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bracelet-by-uchida-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bracelet-by-uchida-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bracelet-by-uchida.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Yoshiko Uchida\u2019s picture book <em>The Bracelet<\/em> (Puffin, 1996), it\u2019s 1942 and all Japanese-Americans \u2013 including seven-year-old Emi and her family \u2013 are being herded into internment camps. Before Emi leaves, her best friend Laurie gives her a bracelet to remember her by. An appendix explains the historical context and mentions the reparations eventually made to the Japanese-American internees. For ages 5-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/baseball-saved-us-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/baseball-saved-us-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/baseball-saved-us-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/baseball-saved-us.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Ken Mochizuki\u2019s award-winning picture book\u00a0<em>Baseball Saved Us<\/em> (Lee &amp; Low, 2009), a young Japanese-American boy is sent with his family to an internment camp during World War II and finds that his skill at baseball helps him cope with captivity and prejudice. For ages 6-10.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91c8l9XzjIL-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91c8l9XzjIL-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91c8l9XzjIL-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91c8l9XzjIL-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91c8l9XzjIL-1223x1536.jpg 1223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91c8l9XzjIL.jpg 1585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Matt Faulkner, <em>Gaijin: American Prisoner of War<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2019) is the graphic-novel story of Koji Miyamoto, half white and half Japanese. Shunned by his American classmates, who suspect him of being an enemy spy, Koji and his mother are forced into an internment camp, where neither is the mixed-race Koji accepted by the Japanese. For ages 8-12. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/paper-wishes-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/paper-wishes-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/paper-wishes.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Lois Sepahban, <em>Paper Wishes<\/em> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 2016) is set on Bainbridge Island in 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when Manami and her Japanese-American family are sent to a prison camp in the desert. Which means leaving their dog, Yujin, behind. Guilt-ridden Manami loses her voice in the camp, but sends written paper messages on the wind, hoping they will help Yujin find the way home. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/journey-to-topaz-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/journey-to-topaz-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/journey-to-topaz.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Yoshiko Uchida, <em>Journey to Topaz<\/em> (Heyday, 2015), based on Uchida\u2019s own childhood experience, is the story of eleven-year-old Yuki and her family\u2019s life in a bleak World War II prison camp. A tragic and heartfelt story of a shameful event in American history. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/best-friends-forever-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/best-friends-forever-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/best-friends-forever.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Beverly Patt\u2019s <em>Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook<\/em> (Two Lions, 2015) is a scrapbook started by 14-year-old German-American Luise Kessler, when her best friend, Dottie Masuoka, is sent to a Japanese internment camp. The collage style scrapbook includes both events in Louise\u2019s life and Dottie\u2019s\u00a0 letters and drawings from the internment camp. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/weedflower-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/weedflower-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/weedflower.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Cynthia Kadohata\u2019s <em>Weedflower<\/em> (Atheneum, 2009), 12-year-old Sumiko and family have been forced to sell their California flower farm and relocated to a makeshift internment camp on a Native American reservation in the Arizona desert. Sumiko eventually finds hope by creating a garden and through her friendship with a young Mojave boy. Readers will find parallels between the injustice of the treatment of the World War II Japanese-Americans and that of the Native Americans. For ages 11 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/farewell-to-manzanar-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/farewell-to-manzanar-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/farewell-to-manzanar-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/farewell-to-manzanar-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/farewell-to-manzanar.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston\u2019s <em>Farewell to Manzanar<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017) is a memoir of life in a Japanese internment camp \u2013 where the author, then aged seven, was sent with her family in 1942. For ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/under-the-blood-red-sun-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/under-the-blood-red-sun-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/under-the-blood-red-sun.jpg 421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Graham Salisbury\u2019s <em>Under the Blood-Red Sun<\/em> (Ember, 2014), Pearl Harbor has been attacked by the Japanese and Tomi\u2019s Japanese-born family has been arrested. The first of a series about Japanese-Americans in World War II for ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>There are movie versions of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0074518\/\">Farewell to Manzanar<\/a> (1976) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3278950\/\">Under the Blood-Red Sun<\/a> (2014). Not rated.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/uprooted-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/uprooted-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/uprooted.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Albert Marrin\u2019s <em>Uprooted<\/em> (Knopf, 2016), illustrated with period prints and photographs, is a nonfiction history of the experience of Japanese-Americans in World War II, introduced in the context of the history of Japan and its relationship with the West. An interesting read for ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/japanese-american-relocation\">History.com<\/a> for information on Executive Order 9066 and the Japanese interment, along with a gallery of images.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>On the Home Front<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lilys-victory-garden-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lilys-victory-garden-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lilys-victory-garden.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Lily of Helen L. Wilbur\u2019s <em>Lily\u2019s Victory Garden<\/em> (Sleeping Bear Press, 2010) gets permission to plant a victory garden in the yard of the Bishops\u2019 house, the largest house in town \u2013 and by doing so eventually brings comfort to Mrs. Bishop, grieving for her son who has been killed in the war. For ages 6-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-boy-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-boy-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-boy.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Michael Foreman\u2019s <em>War Boy: A Wartime Childhood<\/em> (Pavilion, 2006) is a beautifully done picture-book memoir of Foreman\u2019s childhood in a small town on the coast of England during World War II. For ages 7-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/my-secret-war-diary-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/my-secret-war-diary-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/my-secret-war-diary.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Marcia Williams, <em>My Secret War Diary by Flossie Albright<\/em> (Candlewick, 2008) is the World War II diary of a young English girl, beginning in 1939, when Flossie is nine, and proceeding through 1945. It\u2019s a beautifully designed collage-style book, filled with photos, postcards, letters in envelopes, and sketches. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/goodnight-mister-tom-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/goodnight-mister-tom-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/goodnight-mister-tom.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Michelle Magorian\u2019s <em>Good Night, Mister Tom<\/em> (HarperCollins, 1986), abused young Willie Beech is evacuated from London to the country, to stay with gruff Mr. Tom. When Willie\u2019s mother demands him back again, Mr. Tom travels to London to save the boy he has come to love.\u00a0 For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>The movie version, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0175680\/\">Good Night, Mister Tom<\/a> (1998), is pretty much as good as the book. And I hardly ever say that.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-that-saved-my-life-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-that-saved-my-life-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-that-saved-my-life.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Kimberly Brubaker Bradley\u2019s <em>The War that Saved My Life<\/em> (Dial, 2015), ten-year-old Ada has never been allowed to leave their one-room apartment because her abusive mother is ashamed of her crippled foot. When her younger brother Jamie is evacuated from London during World War II, Ada manages to escape and go with him. Both children end up in the care of Susan Smith, who initially doesn\u2019t want them \u2013 but gradually, as Ada learns to read and ride, all begin to trust and love. Also see the sequel, <em>The War I Finally Won<\/em>. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/metropolitans-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/metropolitans-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/metropolitans.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Carol Goodman\u2019s <em>The Metropolitans<\/em> (Puffin, 2018), four 13-year-olds meet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and are recruited by an eccentric curator to track down pages of the Kelmsbury Manuscript, an ancient book of Arthurian legends, said to hold the key to preventing a second attack on American soil. As the four pursue their quest, they find themselves more and more absorbed by the personas of Arthur, Guinevere, Morgan le Fay, and Lancelot. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rosie-the-riveter-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rosie-the-riveter-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rosie-the-riveter.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Penny Coleman\u2019s award-winning <em>Rosie the Riveter<\/em> (Yearling, 1998) &#8211; subtitled \u201cWomen Working on the Home Front in World War II\u201d \u2013 is packed with war history, details of life on the home front, and first-person accounts, spanning the period from the beginning of the war to the aftermath of peace. An engaging text illustrated with terrific period photographs for ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/summer-of-my-german-soldier-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/summer-of-my-german-soldier-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/summer-of-my-german-soldier-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/summer-of-my-german-soldier-768x1235.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/summer-of-my-german-soldier.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Bette Greene\u2019s <em>Summer of My German Soldier<\/em> (Puffin, 2006), 12-year-old Patty, who is Jewish, forms a bond with a German prisoner in a camp near her hometown in Arkansas. Patty is abused and criticized by her family; Anton helps her see that she is worthwhile. Issues of prejudice and injustice; a good discussion book for ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stepping-on-the-cracks-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stepping-on-the-cracks-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stepping-on-the-cracks.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Mary Downing Hahn\u2019s <em>Stepping on the Cracks<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009), it\u2019s 1944 and both Margaret and Elizabeth have brothers who are fighting overseas. Then they discover that their arch-enemy, bully Gordy, is hiding his older brother, a deserter, in the nearby woods. There&#8217;s more to this than they realize. For ages 10-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spying-on-miss-muller-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spying-on-miss-muller-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spying-on-miss-muller.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Eve Bunting\u2019s <em>Spying on Miss Muller<\/em> (Clarion, 1995), girls at an Irish boarding school become convinced that their German teacher, Miss Muller, is a spy, sending coded messages to the Nazis. For ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/art-of-keeping-cool-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/art-of-keeping-cool-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/art-of-keeping-cool.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In janet Taylor Lisle\u2019s <em>The Art of Keeping Cool<\/em> (Atheneum, 2002), Robert and his mother and sister have gone to live with his grandparents on the coast of Rhode Island, while Robert\u2019s father is fighting in Europe. There the town turns against a German artist, whom they accuse of being a spy. For ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/last-days-of-summer-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/last-days-of-summer-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/last-days-of-summer.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Set in Brooklyn in the 1940s, Steve Kluger\u2019s <em>Last Days of Summer<\/em> (William Morrow, 2008) is funny, sad, uplifting, and a gem. The protagonist is twelve-year-old Joey Margolis, a brilliant loudmouth Jewish kid who is a victim of neighborhood bullies \u2013 in part because he has (a lie) boasted that he is a friend of Charlie Banks, a player for the New York Giants. Eventually, by dint of sheer persistence, he <em>does<\/em> become friends with Charlie, and it\u2019s a wonderful, funny, and ultimately bittersweet relationship, when Charlie goes to war. The book is told entirely in letters, interviews, memos, newspaper clippings, and Top Secret messages between Joey and his best friend Craig Nakamura (a.k.a. The Green Hornet) who lives in the apartment downstairs. Highly recommended for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LP4033_The-Chilbury-Ladies-Choir-_Jennifer-Ryan-aus-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LP4033_The-Chilbury-Ladies-Choir-_Jennifer-Ryan-aus-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LP4033_The-Chilbury-Ladies-Choir-_Jennifer-Ryan-aus.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Jennifer Ryan\u2019s <em>The Chilbury Ladies\u2019 Choir<\/em> (Ballantine, 2017), the men of Chilbury village have left for war, leaving the girls and women to cope on their own. The story is told in letters and journal entries through the various voices of 13-year-old Kitty, a hopeful singer with a crush on the local aristocrat\u2019s son; her older sister, Vanessa; 10-year-old Sophie, a refugee; Mrs. Tilling, who finds that she\u2019s far braver than she believed herself to be; and the notably awful midwife Edwina Paltry. War, solidarity, and hope. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hope-and-glory-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hope-and-glory-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hope-and-glory.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0093209\/\">Hope and Glory<\/a> (1987) is the story of a nine-year-old boy growing up in the London blitz. For Billy, the war is as much exciting as terrifying, and even a plus when Hitler blows up his school. Rated PG-13.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-days-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-days-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-days-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-days-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-days-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-days.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Woody Allen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0093818\/\">Radio Days<\/a> (1987) is a story of the life of a working class family in Rockaway Beach, New York in 1942 during the golden days of radio, filled with wonderful characters, period music, and the looming threat of World War II. Rated PG.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mrs._Miniver_poster-760x1024-1-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mrs._Miniver_poster-760x1024-1-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mrs._Miniver_poster-760x1024-1.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035093\/\">Mrs. Miniver<\/a> (1942) is the story of a middle-class English family on the home front in a world at war, beginning in 1939.\u00a0 Oldest son Vin joins the RAF; the father, Clem, takes his boat across the Channel to help evacuate soldiers from Dunkirk; a wounded German pilot is found hiding in their garden. During bombing raids, they hid in an Anderson shelter and read <em>Alice in Wonderland. <\/em>Not rated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/league-of-their-own-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/league-of-their-own-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/league-of-their-own.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0104694\/\">A League of Their Own<\/a> (1992), set during World War II, with the men away at war, women not only take over their vacant jobs \u2013 and even form the first female professional baseball team. Rated PG.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>Animals and the War<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pigeon-hero-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pigeon-hero-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pigeon-hero.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Shirley Raye Redmond\u2019s <em>Pigeon Hero<\/em> (Simon Spotlight, 2003) in the Ready-to-Read series is the story of a carrier pigeon named G.I. Joe who saved an Italian town from attack during World War II. (He ended up with a medal for bravery.) For ages 5-7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/amazing-story-of-adolphus-tips-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/amazing-story-of-adolphus-tips-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/amazing-story-of-adolphus-tips.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Michael Morpurgo\u2019s <em>The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2016), Lily\u2019s family and entire town have been told to move, lock, stock, and barrel, leaving the area free for the Allied forces to practice for the D-Day landing. You can\u2019t, however, give orders to a cat. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blitzcat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"277\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Robert Westall\u2019s <em>Blitzcat<\/em> (Macmillan, 2015), a black cat named Lord Gort travels through the landscape of World War II Britain, looking for her owner who is in the RAF, and encountering many people along the way. Eventually she&#8217;s adopted by a rear gunner, flies missions over France, and ends up bailing out over enemy territory. For ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/elephant-in-garden-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/elephant-in-garden-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/elephant-in-garden.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Michael Morpurgo\u2019s <em>An Elephant in the Garden<\/em> (Square Fish, 2013), Lizzie and Karl\u2019s mother, a zookeeper in Dresden, Germany, rescues an elephant who was supposed to be destroyed before the city was hit by bombs. Instead, when the city is bombed, they flee with the elephant \u2013 with the help of Peter, a downed Canadian navigator. For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-animals-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-animals-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/war-animals.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Robin Hutton\u2019s <em>War Animals<\/em> (Regnery History, 2018) is the story of the gallant dogs, birds, horses, mules \u2013 and even a cat \u2013 who contributed to the World War II war effort. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ghost-riders-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ghost-riders-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ghost-riders.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Mark Felton\u2019s <em>Ghost Riders<\/em> (DaCapo Press, 2018) is the story of the end-of-the-war collaboration between American and German soldiers to save the fabulous Lipizzaner horses of Vienna\u2019s Spanish Riding School from the Russian army. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>For another version of the story, see <em>The Perfect Horse<\/em> by Elizabeth Letts (Ballantine, 2017).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>From Military History Now, see <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryhistorynow.com\/2018\/11\/25\/operation-cowboy-how-american-gis-german-soldiers-joined-forces-to-save-the-legendary-lipizzaner-horses-in-the-final-hours-of-ww2\/\">Operation Cowboy<\/a>, an account of how American GIs and German soldiers joined forces to save the Lipizzaners. Illustrated with photos.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/miracle-of-white-stallions-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/miracle-of-white-stallions-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/miracle-of-white-stallions.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057312\/\">Miracle of the White Stallions<\/a> (1963) is the Disney version of the Lipizzaner story. General Patton is willing to help save the famous horses from the threat of the approaching Russian army \u2013 but he wants to see them perform first. Not rated, but clearly family-friendly.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/valiant-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/valiant-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/valiant-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/valiant-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/valiant.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0361089\/\">Valiant<\/a> (2005), a little pigeon enlists in the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, determined to do his bit, carrying encoded messages across the Channel in the teeth of General Von Talon\u2019s Falcon Brigade. Rated G.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>The Atom Bomb and Hiroshima<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-secret-project-9781481469135_hr-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-secret-project-9781481469135_hr-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-secret-project-9781481469135_hr-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-secret-project-9781481469135_hr-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-secret-project-9781481469135_hr-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/the-secret-project-9781481469135_hr.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Jonah Winter and Jeanette Winter, <em>The Secret Project<\/em> (Beach Lane Books, 2017) is a picture-book story of the Manhattan Project for ages 6 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/green-glass-sea-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/green-glass-sea-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/green-glass-sea.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Ellen Klages\u2019s <em>The Green Glass Sea<\/em> (Puffin, 2008), it\u2019s 1943 and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is living in the top-secret community of Los Alamos where her mathematician father is working on \u201cthe gadget\u201d \u2013 a.k.a. the atomic bomb. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bomb-by-sheinkin-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bomb-by-sheinkin-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bomb-by-sheinkin.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Steve Sheinkin\u2019s <em>Bomb<\/em> (Square Fish, 2018) is the fascinating and true story of the race to build (and\/or steal) the world\u2019s most dangerous weapon. An award-winning read for ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trinity-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trinity-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/trinity.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, <em>Trinity<\/em> (Hill and Wang, 2013) is a graphic history of the development of the atomic bomb, from the discovery of radioactivity in 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century France through Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, and Harry Truman\u2019s decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. Serious nonfiction through graphic storytelling. For ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/making-of-atomic-bomb-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/making-of-atomic-bomb-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/making-of-atomic-bomb.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Richard Rhodes, <em>The Making of the Atomic Bomb<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 1986) is generally described as the definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project. It\u2019s over 800 pages long. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sadako-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sadako-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sadako.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Eleanor Coerr\u2019s <em>Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes<\/em> (Puffin, 2004) is the story of a young Japanese girl who develops leukemia after exposure to radiation in the wake of the Hiroshima bomb. According to legend, anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes can have a wish \u2013 so Sadako begins making cranes. She doesn\u2019t survive \u2013 be prepared \u2013 but hers is a wonderful and far-reaching story of courage. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/one-thousand-paper-cranes-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/one-thousand-paper-cranes-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/one-thousand-paper-cranes-629x1024.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/one-thousand-paper-cranes.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Also see Ishii Takayuki\u2019s <em>One Thousand Paper Cranes<\/em> (Laurel Leaf, 2001) which begins with the bombing of Hiroshima and ends with the building of the Children\u2019s Peace Statue in honor of Sadako and other children who died in the bombing and its aftermath. For ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hiroshima-hersey-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hiroshima-hersey-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hiroshima-hersey.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>John Hersey\u2019s <em>Hiroshima<\/em>, originally published in the<em> New Yorker<\/em> magazine in 1946 and rightfully described as a journalistic masterpiece, is the story of the Hiroshima bombing, as experienced by six people who were there. A short powerful read, highly recommended for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fat-man-and-little-boy-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fat-man-and-little-boy-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fat-man-and-little-boy-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fat-man-and-little-boy-768x1093.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fat-man-and-little-boy.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0097336\/\">Fat Man and Little Boy<\/a> (1989) is a dramatic and fascinating account of the Manhattan Project and the making of the atomic bomb, with an emphasis on the sometimes rocky relationship between the scientists and the military hierarchy. Rated PG-13.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heavy-water-war-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heavy-water-war-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heavy-water-war-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heavy-water-war-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heavy-water-war.jpg 1073w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heavy-Water-War-English-subtitled\/dp\/B01C9MMYZ0\">The Heavy Water War<\/a> is a six-part series about British intelligence and Norwegian resistance fighters joining forces to sabotage Germany\u2019s heavy water plant in Rjukan, Norway, thus thwarting Hitler\u2019s attempt to build an atomic bomb. Science, history, and war from the points of view of all the key players. Subtitled in English.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heroes-of-telemark-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heroes-of-telemark-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heroes-of-telemark-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heroes-of-telemark-768x947.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/heroes-of-telemark.jpg 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059263\/\">The Heroes of Telemark<\/a> (1965) is a thrilling dramatization of the sabotage of the Rjukan heavy water plant, with Richard Harris as a Norwegian resistance fighter and Kirk Douglas as a physicist. Some spectacular skiing. Not rated, but probably PG.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><br \/><br \/><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All About the War In Joy Hakim\u2019s outstanding A History of US series, War, Peace, and All That Jazz (Oxford University Press, 2007), covers the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[773],"tags":[965,962,961,967,964,963,966,960],"class_list":["post-17828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-atomic-bomb","tag-dunkirk","tag-franklin-roosevelt","tag-hiroshima","tag-home-front","tag-japanese-internment","tag-manhattan-project","tag-world-war-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17828"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20152,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17828\/revisions\/20152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}