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21) Four-four-two
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Forced into an internment camp at the start of World War II, eighteen-year-old Yuki enlists in the Army to fight for the Allies as a member of the "Four-Four-Two," a segregated Japanese American regiment.
Author
Series
Publisher
Deseret Book Company
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Children of the Promisedramatically portrays the impact of World War II on an ordinary family of Latter-day Saints who are striving, in a tumultuous time, to be true to the values and ideals they have been taught. If you haven't yet met the Thomas family, you are in for a real delight!
"Every era has its own refiner's fire, and World War II put general Church membership and Utah to a test," Dean Hughes explains. In Children of the Promise,
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Publisher
Deseret Book Company
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In this series, Dean Hughes tells the gripping story of four young cousins—Gene, Kathy, Diane, and Hans—who experience a time of turmoil and trial, of growth and discovery as they find their own paths in life. If you're interested int he lessons of history, or simply looking for powerful LDS fiction, you'll love these books. They portray the explosive problems of the sixties and early seventies in stunning detail, but also offer the
...24) Rumors of war
Author
Series
Children of the promise volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Present the story of a Mormon family during World War II. Includes instrumental interludes.
Author
Series
Come to Zion volume 1
Publisher
Deseret Book
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wilford Woodruff's preaching to congregations of the United Brethren in England has a profound effect on Will Lewis, but does this "new religion" really hold the key to the better life he longs for? Will's struggles to believe, to win his true love, and to face the rigors of immigrating to an unknown land are paralleled by the modern-day story of Jeff and Abby, a young married couple facing challenges of their own.
Author
Series
Children of the promise volume 2
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
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Description
This novel follows the events of WWII as they affect the Thomases, a Mormon family from Salt Lake City, Utah. The parents have sent three of their children into the armed forces, and Sister Thomas has had to go to work, helping her husband run their family businesses. Their role as parents is being reevaluated as their children become more independent and the hardships and realities of the war impact their traditional LDS lifestyle and beliefs.
Author
Series
Come to Zion volume 3
Publisher
Deseret Book
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
In this concluding volume to the Come to Zion series Will and Liz, 19th century Mormon pioneers, leave Nauvoo, Illinois and cross the plains to reach the Salt Lake Valley. Meanwhile Jeff and Abby, living in the 21st century Midwest, face decisions about moving from Nauvoo to go to graduate school.
30) Far from home
Author
Series
Children of the promise volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
This novel follows the events of WWII as they affect the Thomases, a Mormon family from Salt Lake City, Utah. Alex Thomas is worried about the men in his infantry unit and his wife Anna in England. In Japan Wally is a prisoner of war. In Hawaii, Bobbi is hoping for word from her boyfriend Richard. In Germany Heinrich Stoltz is working as a spy for British intelligence and looking for his missing son.
Author
Publisher
Deseret Book
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The year is 1943, and Andy Gledhill's months of training as a paratrooper have culminated in his being assigned to the 82nd Airborne. But he soon learns that the government has other plans for him. The newly formed Office of Strategic Services needs soldiers with language talents to drop into Europe behind enemy lines and help fight the war from the inside out, and Andy speaks French. Andy's new life of deception and sabotage is worlds away from his...
32) Grand slam
Author
Series
Scrappers volume 9
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Just as Thurlow feels that he may be able to lead the Scrappers single-handedly to the season championship, an injury sidelines him and threatens to take away their victory.
37) Midway to heaven
Publisher
Excel Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Years after his wife Kate died, Ned Stevens still cringes at the thought of dating other women. After all, why would he start dating again when he still has to look out for his daughter Liz? But when Liz comes home for a visit from college, she brings a surprise guest who will throw Ned for a loop. Can Ned ever accept that his little girl has fallen in love with David, a practically perfect know-it-all who drives Ned crazy? With Ned trying to sabotage...
38) Soldier boys
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2003, c2001
Edition
1st Simon Pulse ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Recent high school graduate Rick Ward, undecided about his future and eager to escape his unhappy home life, joins the army and experiences the horrors of the war in Vietnam.