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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1914 France, a British soldier writes to his mother about the strange events of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, when German and Allied soldiers met on neutral ground to share songs, food, and fun. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this thriller set on the battlefields of the Somme after the end of World War I, a woman investigates the disappearance of her fianc�e. The Great War has ended, but for Amy Vanneck there is no peace. Her fianc�e, Edward Haslam, a lieutenant in the 7th Manchesters, is missing, presumed dead. Amy travels to the desolate battlefields of northern France to learn his fate and recover his body. She's warned that this open-air morgue is no place...
26) The spy: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a series of letters written from prison on the eve of her death, Mata Hari reflects on her childhood, her years as the wife of an alcoholic diplomat, her rise to celebrity, and the choices that led to her execution for espionage.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the struggles of hundreds of women who were exposed to radium while working factory jobs during World War I, describing how they were mislead by their employers and became embroiled in a battle for workers' rights.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
"It's 1947 and American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a fervent belief that her beloved French cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive somewhere. So when Charlie's family banishes her to Europe to have her "little problem" take care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London determined to find...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the lives and daring deeds of spies during World War I using photos, original sources, maps, timelines, and little known facts.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Teenage Simone's diaries for 1917 and 1918 reveal her experiences as a carefree member of New York society, then as a "Hello girl," a volunteer switchboard operator for the Army Signal Corps in France.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes the weapons used in battles during World War I, including infantry weapons and heavy artillery such as howitzers and machine guns"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917--so she joins the Women's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.
34) Cavendon Hall
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them, just as their ancestors did over the centuries. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife Felicity and their six children: Guy, the heir, who is studying at Cambridge; their younger son Miles, attending Eton; and their four daughters Diedre, Daphne, DeLacy and Dulcie, affectionately called the Four Dees by the staff. Walter Swann,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I--the women of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, smashed the workplace glass ceiling, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory. In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing...
38) In love and war
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen and fullscreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Young Ernie Hemingway lied about his age to participate in World War I and ended up in the ambulance corps. He fell in love with a nurse but it was ill fated.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock.