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101) Auschwitz lullaby
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of a brave German nurse tasked with caring for Auschwitz's youngest prisoners, Auschwitz Lullaby brings to life the story of Helene Hannemann—a woman who sacrificed everything for family and fought furiously for the children she hoped to save.
On an otherwise ordinary morning in 1943, Helene Hannemann is preparing her five children for the day when the German police arrive at her home. Helene's
...Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At the height of World War I, as battles raged in the trenches and in the air, another struggle for survival was being waged in the most notorious POW camp in all of Germany: Holzminden. A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, it was home to the most troublesome Allied prisoners--and the most talented at escape. The Grand Escape tells the remarkable tale of a band of pilots who pulled off an ingenious plan and made it out of enemy territory in the biggest...
Author
Publisher
Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First Harper Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the extraordinary true stories of World War II's American Army nurses famously known as the Angels of Bataan and the unsung contributions of Filipinas of the resistance, this novel transports us to a remarkable era of hope, bravery, perseverance, and ultimately--victory"--
106) Victory
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
50,000 fans are on hand for a match in occupied Paris between German all-stars and a pick-up team of Allied POWs. In an attempt to demonstrate Aryan superiority, the Germans unwittingly set up a means of prisoner escape.
Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First HarperLuxe edition.
Language
English
Description
Draws on personal interviews, diaries, correspondence, memoirs, and archival research to document the bold 1945 World War II prison camp raid at Los Ba�nos in the Philippines that freed more than two thousand brutalized men, women, and children.
109) Hart's war
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen (2.35:1) and Standard versions.
Language
English
Description
Honor, courage, and sacrifice are revealed in unexpected ways as a ranking U.S. prisoner in a Nazi POW camp is joined in December 1944 by a law-student lieutenant who'd been captured despite his father's powerful military connections. When a black pilot from the famous Tuskeegee airmen is falsely accused of murdering a fellow prisoner, Lt. Hart tries his case and discovers the real motivation behind the ranking officer's kangaroo court.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young adult edition of the bestseller documents the story of how Louis Zamperini, a juvenile delinquent-turned-Olympic athlete and World War II pilot, crashed into the ocean and survived for weeks on a life raft only to become a prisoner of war.
113) In love and war
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A miraculous true story of courage, determination and love in war-torn Italy.
115) Child of light
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the brilliant mind behind the Shannara saga comes an electrifying new fantasy series about a human girl struggling to find her place in a magical world she's never known. At nineteen, Auris Afton Grieg has led an . . . unusual life. Since the age of fifteen, she has been trapped in a sinister prison. Why? She does not know. She has no memories of her past beyond the vaguest of impressions. All she knows is that she is about to age out of the...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Traces the sobering history of World War II's largest female concentration camp, revealing the torturous experiences and deaths of thousands of women prisoners of more than twenty nationalities.
118) Escape from New York
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours,...
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