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    World War II

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    Chil­dren’s
    Lily’s Hong Kong Hon­ey Cake
    Erica Lyons; Bonnie Pang, illus.
    Cover of The Bletchley Riddle
    Chil­dren’s
    The Bletch­ley Riddle
    Ruta Sepetys
    Steve Sheinkin
    Cover of The Last Days of Budapest: The Destruction of Europe’s Most Cosmopolitan Capital in World War II
    Non­fic­tion
    The Last Days of Budapest: The Destruc­tion of Europe’s Most Cos­mopoli­tan Cap­i­tal in World War II
    Adam LeBor
    Cover of The Night Sparrow
    Fic­tion
    The Night Sparrow
    Shelly Sanders
    Cover of Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp
    Non­fic­tion
    Togeth­er in Man­za­nar: The True Sto­ry of a Japan­ese Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in an Amer­i­can Con­cen­tra­tion Camp
    Tra­cy Slater
    Essay

    The Female Jew­ish Snipers Who Inspired ​“The Night Sparrow”

    Shelly Sanders
    July 2, 2025
    Cover of The Scrapbook
    Fic­tion
    The Scrap­book
    Heather Clark
    Cover of The Trunk
    Fic­tion
    The Trunk
    Alberto Vigevani; Wil Schutt, trans.
    Cover of One One in Six Million: The Baby by the Roadside and the Man Who Retraced a Holocaust Survivor's Lost Identity
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    One One in Six Mil­lion: The Baby by the Road­side and the Man Who Retraced a Holo­caust Sur­vivor’s Lost Identity
    Amy Fish
    Cover of The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
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    The Art Spy: The Extra­or­di­nary Untold Tale of WWII Resis­tance Hero Rose Valland
    Michelle Young
    Cover of Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II
    Chil­dren’s
    Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II
    Adam Gid­witz
    Cover of Profits and Persecution: German Big Business in the Nazi Economy and the Holocaust
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    Prof­its and Per­se­cu­tion: Ger­man Big Busi­ness in the Nazi Econ­o­my and the Holocaust
    Peter Hayes
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    Fic­tion
    Blast
    Claire Deya; Adriana Hunter, trans.
    Cover of Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library
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    Jel­la Lep­man and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Res­cued a Gen­er­a­tion of Chil­dren and Found­ed the World’s Largest Children’s Library
    Katherine Paterson; Sally Deng, illus.
    Cover of Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II
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    Remem­ber Us: Amer­i­can Sac­ri­fice, Dutch Free­dom, and a For­ev­er Promise Forged in World War II
    Robert M. Edsel
    Bret Wit­ter
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    Holo­caust: Ger­man His­to­ry and Our Half-Jew­ish Family
    Thomas Paul Bernstein
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