Books Set in WW II
IN A FLASH
2020 Random House (kindle 2020)
ISBN 9781101934135
KIRKUS:
Two Italian sisters try to survive in Japan during World War II...a long and treacherous journey ... in a country that now sees them as the enemy...an unusual perspective on ...a history rarely told
HORN BOOK:
......becomes a survival story...what saves them are Simona’s strength and determination but also the sisters’ assimilation into and respect for Japanese culture...told with immediacy, compassion, and nuance
SCHOOL LIBRARY
JOURNAL:
...a stunning look at the humanity of the Japanese and Italians during World War II... an enthralling story of sisterhood amongst harrowing war.
BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS:
...Simona and Carolina’s story is one of the power of sisterhood and survival, thrown into a country they know nothing about and adapting under dire circumstances.
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Junior Library Guild selection
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2021 Best Children's Books of the Year List, Bank Street College
STONES IN WATER (first in a series with FIRE IN THE HILLS)
1997 Dutton (pb 1999) (ebook 2015)
ISBN 0-525-45842-5
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL:
... Few books view the Holocaust from this vantage point...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY:
...Children will be riveted by Roberto's struggle to stay alive -- and aid others along the way -- against enormous odds...
KIRKUS:
... Riveting... A memorable survival story...
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Golden Kite Award of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 1998
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Sydney Taylor Book Award presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries 1998
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Carolyn W. Field Honor Book, Pennsylvania Library Association
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nominated Nebraska Golden Sower Young Adult Award
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nominated Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award of Illinois
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North Carolina Battle of the Books 2012-2013
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American Library Association Best Books
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American Library Association Notable
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National Council of Social Studies Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Books
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boxed starred review PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
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New York Public Library Best Books
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nominated Allen White Children's Book Award, Kansas
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nominated Young Hoosier Book Award, Indiana
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List, Vermont
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nominated Maud Hart Lovelace Award, Minnesota
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in braille and in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
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Audiobook (ISBN 978-0525-59691)
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in Dutch (1998 Averbode SAMEN STERK ISBN 90-317-1381-3)
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in Danish (1999 Carlsen SOM STEN I VAND ISBN 87-562-8086-6)
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UK edition (1999 Oxford U Press ISBN 0-19-271798-7, also in paperback)
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in German (2001 Carl Hanser Verlag FLUCHT NACH VENEDIG ISBN 3-446-20012-6)
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in Korean (2008 Pulbit Publishing Co. ISBN 978-89-7474-621-6)
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Performed as drama at Media Theatre, Media, PA, 2003
FIRE IN THE HILLS
(sequel to STONES IN WATER)
2006 Dutton (pb 2008)
ISBN 0-525-47751-9
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Carolyn W. Field Honor Book, Pennsylvania Library Association
KIRKUS:
... powerful.. strong, action-packed ode to the Italian resistance movement... a side of WWII that will fascinate readers...