Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Historical - Military & Wars

Commended for the 2004 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection, short-listed for the 2005 Red Maple Award and Rocky Mountain Book Award

When the Armenians of Turkey are marched into the desert to die in 1915, Mariam is rescued by her Turkish friend Rustem, and lives with mixed acceptance as a guest in his father's harem. Kevork is shot and left for dead in a mass grave in the desert, but is rescued by nomadic Arabs and nurtured back to health.

Both teens must choose between the security of an adopted home or the risk of death in search of...

Johnny, Jody, and Sally lived their carefree lives in rural Port Hudson, Louisiana, unaware of the tragic conflict that was
about to explode and the adventure that awaited them. The outbreak of the Civil War forced countrymen to take up arms against one another-some wearing coats of blue and some coats of gray.
What would happen to their friends and families? What would happen to them? They tried to do what they could by stocking supplies at their childhood hideout at the old mill-just in case their worst fears came true. While at the mill one day, they see some bluecoats hide a...

The White Table is set in many mess halls as a symbol for and remembrance to service members fallen, missing, or held captive in the line of duty. Solitary and solemn, it is the table where no one will ever sit.

As a special gift to her Uncle John, Katie and her sisters are asked to help set the white table for dinner. As their mother explains the significance of each item placed on the table Katie comes to understand and appreciate the depth of sacrifice that her uncle, and each member of the Armed Forces and their families, may be called to give.

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Shorty and his family, along with thousands of Japanese Americans, are sent to an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fighting the heat and dust of the desert, Shorty and his father decide to build a baseball diamond and form a league in order to boost the spirits of the internees. Shorty quickly learns that he is playing not only to win, but to gain dignity and self-respect as well.

World War 2 is over and things in Britain are changing. For Philip and his family this means moving out, from the grey, cramped city to wide open spaces. But Gran doesn t want to leave her home for so many years. What will the family do?

Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.

A pros and cons list of moving to a New Town on pages 54 and 55 help children to analyse the decision making process.

Text type: A story set in the past

This book is paired with Hard Times, a non-fiction...