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The movie is very well done and the book is a good introduction to WWII, based on the author's gripping real-life story.

I chose two books set mostly in the Pacific theater of WWII. It‘s been a long time since I read Code Talker, but I remember it being a fantastic book about the Navajo code talkers that served in the U.S. military. Grenade is told from the alternating perspectives of a Japanese teenager and a young U.S. Marine during the Battle of Okinawa.

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Set in WWII England, this middle grade novel details Ada‘s escape from her abusive mother to join her brother Jamie as he is evacuated to the Kent countryside. She grapples with (forced) gratitude toward her new caretaker Susan, low self-esteem, and the knowledge that her mother does not love her, for she could have given Ada surgery to fix her clubfoot as a child and did not.

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#middlegrademonday. @Karisimo I remember reading this book with my daughter after purchasing it from her school scholastic fair. Fantastic read!

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I chose a World War II novel set in Pearl Harbor. My grandfather served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was stationed in Hawaii for part of that time.
I have not read this book yet, it was a cover buy. It sounded like an interesting story.

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Setting: the Manzanar Internment Camp during WW2. “FAREWELL TO MANZANAR is the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention—and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barbed wire in the United States“ (Goodreads).

A powerful book to read and to teach.

During WWI two young French girls befriend a blind, British and AWOL soldier in the woods. They agree to help him get back to his very ill brother in England. He shares stories about the silver trinket he keeps in his pocket. A very sweet and sad story. #MiddleGradeMonday

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It's Memorial Day in the US, so let's share books that take place during these two wars for #middlegrademonday !

The tagged book follows five kids from different countries who represent various elements of WW1. Their lives intersect in creative ways, each displaying courage in their own way. Engaging characters drive the story, but kids will also learn a lot about WW1 along the way- exactly what I expect from historical fiction!

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I‘ve read many middle grade books written in verse, and if I were in my classroom today, I might have shared a stack. However, from home, the first one that came to mind that I hadn‘t already seen shared was this one about a girl dealing with a few truly difficult experiences.

My review includes a few examples of the poetic form used in the story. https://litsy.com/p/eG1FQmRpYzdn

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Really good!

I also enjoyed Veera Hiranandani‘s
The Night Diary which is letters.

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