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For Freedom

author: Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
A novel based on the experiences of Suzanne David Hall, who, as a teenager in Nazi-occupied France, worked as a spy for the French Resistance while training to be an opera singer.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, singing, spies, historical fiction [X], france, readers rule [X]

When My Name Was Keoko

author: Park, Linda Sue
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 143
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610

The Moor

author: King, Laurie R
When Sherlock Holmes is summoned to solve an eerie murder at Baskerville Hall, the research skills of his independent young wife enhance his already superior powers.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

The Land

author: Taylor, Mildred D
Paul-Edward, the son of a part-Indian, part-African slave mother and a White plantation owner father, finds himself caught between the two worlds of his parents as he pursues his dream of owning land in the aftermath of the Civil War.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 70
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760

Soldier Boys

author: Hughes, Dean
Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 86
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790

The Ruby In The Smoke

author: Pullman, Philip
In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750

The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Or, On The Segregation Of The Queen

author: King, Laurie R
Mary Russell, an intelligent young woman, becomes the apprentice of Sherlock Holmes.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1100

The Last Mission

author: Mazer, Harry, Mazer
In 1944, a fifteen-year-old Jewish boy tells his family he will travel in the West but instead enlists in the United States Air Corps and is subsequently taken prisoner by the Germans.
FIC
year: 1981
copies: 67
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: world warii, readers rule [X], world war, 1939-1945, prisoners of war, jewish americans, historical fiction [X], jews

A Boy At War

author: Mazer, Harry, Mazer
While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and through the chaos of the subsequent days tries to find his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 93
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530

Mississippi Trial, 1955

author: Crowe, Chris
In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American from Chicago.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870

A Killing In Plymouth Colony

author: Hurst, Carol Otis
In Plymouth Colony in the 1630s, John continually disappoints his father, Governor William Bradford, during a difficult time as the colony faces its first murder and subsequent trial.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

An Ocean Apart, A World Away

author: Namioka, Lensey
Yanyan, having always wanted to be a doctor, makes a difficult decision to leave the exciting Liang Baoshu behind in China and moves to New York to attend medical school.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: sex role, individuality, historical fiction [X], china, ithaca (n.y.), readers rule [X]

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