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Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (101 pages : chiefly color illustrations)
Language
English
Description
The world's attention is focused painfully on a brutal third-world civil war, a merciless sectarian conflict sparing neither soldier nor civilian, grandmother nor child. But amidst the terror and carnage, where great nations and powerful interests jockey for position and advantage, another blood feud rages in the shadows, one no more humane but decidedly less human. Two warring tribes from the stars have chosen Earth's killing fields as their arena,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For more than five decades, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld have devoted their lives to seeking justice for the victims and survivors of the evils wrought upon humanity by the Holocaust. Over the years, they have received numerous national awards for their lifetime of work hunting down Nazi war criminals and forcing Europe to face the horrors of its past. For Justice: The Serge and Beate Klarsfeld Story is the tale of their relentless crusade for justice...
5) The waiting
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
242 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family of four fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
124 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A middle-grade introduction to World War II is presented through stories of high-flying action, heroism and survival that illuminate such topics as the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the contributions of volunteer pilots and the roles of aircraft carrier military bombers.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
GN 740L
Physical Desc
125 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In times of war, soldiers on the front lines must show their bravery. But acts of courage by some people aren't known until years after the fighting ends. From flying bombing missions in the dead of night, to tricking the enemy with fake encampments and unbreakable codes, to surviving horrific treatment by the enemy through sheer force of will, these incredible true tales will show how courage in war is often displayed by history's unsung heroes."--Publisher's...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
approximately 352 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lapis Lazuli is a rich blue semiprecious gemstone found deep in the Sar-i-sang mountains of Afghanistan's Badakhshan province. For thousands of years it has sustained the nearby mining villages, whose inhabitants lived peacefully in the mountainous landscape--until the Taliban, known in the region as the Horsemen, came to seek the riches stored deep beneath the earth. Taliban rule has turned the stone into a conflict mineral, as they steal and sell...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Little, Brown edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Abe, a young Marine recruit who experiences the ugly, pedestrian, and often meaningless side of military service in rural Iraq. He enlists in hopes of finding that missing something in his life but comes to find out that it's not quite what he expected. Abe gets more than he bargained for when his journey takes him to the Middle East in war-torn Iraq.
11) Grass
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
English edition.
Physical Desc
471 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War - a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering...
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