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Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
by Knopf Books for Young Readers (Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-09-11)

It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.From the Hardcover edition.

John Boyne
Boy In the Striped Pajamas (Movie Tie-in Edition)
by David Fickling Books (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-10-28)

Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart (Norton Critical Editions)
by W. W. Norton (Paperback)

Tim O'Brien
The Things They Carried
by Topeka Bindery (School & Library Binding)

George Orwell
1984 (Signet Classics)
by Topeka Bindery (School & Library Binding)

Lois Lowry
Number the Stars
by Laurel Leaf (Mass Market Paperback) (Release Date: 1998-02-09)

Libba Bray
A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers (Paperback) (Release Date: 2005-03-22)

Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Topeka Bindery (School & Library Binding)

ONE OF TWELVE TITLES IN VINTAGE'S A FORMAT WAR PROMOTION The Greatest Novel about the First World War and an International Bestseller All Quiet on the Western Front is probably the most famous anti-war novel ever written. The story is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see all the realities of war; under fire, on patrol, waiting in the trenches, at home on leave, and in hospitals and dressing stations. Although there are vividly described incidents which remain in mind, there is no sense of adventure here, only the feeling of youth betrayed and a deceptively simple indictment of war - of any war - told for a whole generation of victims.

Frank
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
by Pocket (Paperback)

Libba Bray
The Sweet Far Thing (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2007-12-26)

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for.

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