As a teacher-librarian, I have the opportunity to read young adult books to share with my students. The list that I have provided will have an overview of the book and personal comments. They are on a Book-mercial style image to get a taste of the essence of the book.
Showing posts with label WWII mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWII mystery. Show all posts
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming
Enigma Girls is a simple retelling of teen girls from Britian who worked in a secret location to find out what the German military was up to so that they could protect soldiers and civilians during World War II. A fine book to add to any school library.
Labels:
1940's,
England,
Historical,
history,
nonfiction,
spy,
women's studies,
WWII,
WWII mystery
Sunday, November 24, 2024
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys
The Bletchley Riddle is based on a real organization in this fictional account. Get a taste of code breaking as people work together to defeat Hitler's Germany's invations and bombings. A good read to add to middle school.
Friday, August 2, 2024
Our Castle by the Sea written by Lucy Strange
Our Castle by the Sea is brilliant. Two girls have to see their innocent artistic German mother be placed in an internment camp. Their father confesses to a dangerous act. They help with Dunkirk and look for a spy. The audibook also very good. This is a fantastic book to add to any school library.
Saturday, July 3, 2021
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Serious good read. A must read. A brilliant read. A page turner read. Loved that Prince Phillip is in this story, since he just recently passed away. I love a good spy page turner and this is the one. I highly recommend this story. Brilliant read and a good audio book as well.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones
This is one incredible story that was hard to put down. The ghosts. The enemies working together. and the family secrets. Told in two timelines, this story is captivating. I'm getting it for my high school library. It's an incredible read.
Monday, October 16, 2017
The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy
The audio book is good. Would I buy it for my high school library, probably not but I'm glad the public library has it. It's different but it's fine.
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