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Most Recently Published Book Suggestions (2021) Mornings With Monet (2021, by: Rosenstock, Barb, LE, Monet) Dear Mr. Dickens (2021, by: Churnin, Nancy, LE, MG, Charles Dickens, antisemitism) She Caught the Light: Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer (2021, by: Lasky, Kathryn, LE, Science, Space, Williamina Fleming) Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross (2021, by: Sorell, Traci, LE, MG, WWII, Cherokee Nation, Indigenous Americans, Space Race, Women in Science) The 1619 Project: Born on the Water (2021, by: Hannah-Jones, Nikole, Watson, Renee, LE, MG, Geneology, Civil Rights, Atlantic Slave Trade) Fossils From Lost Worlds (2021, by: Laverdunt, Damien, MG, Evolution) A Slip of a Girl (2021, by: Reilly Giff, Patricia, MG, Irish Land Wars) By the Light of Fireflies (2021, by: Walsh, Jenni L., MG, American Revolution, Sybil Ludington, Spies) The Age of Dinosaurs (2021, by: Brusatte, Steve, MG, UMG, Dinosaurs) Clan (2021, by: Brouwer, Sigmund, MG, UMG, Ice Age) History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics (2021, by: Messner, Kate, MG, UMG, Plagues, Pandemics) Ophie's Ghosts (2021, by: Ireland, Justina, MG, UMG, Jim Crow, Ghosts, Great Migration) My Name is Phillis Wheatley (2021, by: Cooper, Afua, MG, Phillis Wheatley, Slavery, Poets and Writers) Rez Dogs (2021, by: Bruchac, Joseph, MG, UMG, Indigenous Americans, Wabanaki Nation, COVID-19 Pandemic, Plagues) Escape This Book! Titanic (2021, by: Doyle, Bill, MG, UMG, Titanic) The Gilded Girl (2021, by: Coleman, Alyssa, MG, Gilded Age, magic) Root Magic (2021, by: Royce, Eden, MG, UMG, Civil Rights) Stealing Home (2021, by: Torres, J, MG, UMG, WWII, Japanese Internment) Peacemaker (2021, by: Bruchac, Joseph, MG, UMG, Indigenous Americans, Iroquois Nation) Cold War Correspondent (2021, by: Hale, Nathan, MG, UMG, Korean War) The Legend of Auntie Po (2021, by: Khor, Shing Yin, MG, UMG, Logging Town, Chinese Immigration, Tall Tales and Legends, LGBTQ+) History Smashers: Pearl Harbor (2021, by: Messner, Kate, MG, UMG, WWII, Pearl Harbor) City of the Plague God (2021, by: Chadda, Sarwat, MG, UMG, Mesopotamia, Gilgamesh) While I Was Away (2021, by: Brown, Waka T., MG, UMG, Japanese Culture) The Middle Ages: A Graphic History (2021, by: Janega, Eleanor, YA, A, Medieval Life) Cuba in my Pocket (2021, by: Cuevas, Adrianna, MG, UMG, Immigration) Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (2021, by: Boston Weatherford, Carole, MG, Tulsa Race Massacre, Civil Rights) History Smashers: The American Revolution (2021, by: Messner, Kate, MG, UMG, American Revolution) Ground Zero (2021, by: Gratz, Alan, UMG, YA, 9/11, Afghanistan War) The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Young Readers' Edition (2021, by: Theoharris, Jeanne, UMG, YA, Civil Rights, Segregation, Resistance) Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (2021, by: Dobbs, Alda P., UMG, Mexican Revolution) In The Shadow of the Moon (2021, by: Cherrix, Amy, UMG, YA, Space, Space Race, Operation Paperclip, Soviet Union) Ancient History: A Secular Exploration of the World (2021, by: Hanson, Stephanie, Hauris, Elizabeth, MG, UMG, World History) The Burning (Young Readers Edition) (2021, by: Beard, Hilary, Madigan, Tim, UMG, YA, Tulsa Race Massacre, Civil Rights) When the World Was Ours (2021, by: Kessler, Liz, UMG, YA, WWII, Holocaust) A Thousand Ships (2021, by: Haynes, Natalie, YA, A, Trojan War) The Corpse Queen (2021, by: Herrman, Heather M., YA, A, Grave Robbers, Women in Science) Daughter of Sparta (2021, by: Andrews, Claire, YA, A, Sparta) The Island of Missing Trees: A Novel (2021, by: Shafak, Elif, YA, A, Postcolonial Cyprus) Angel of Greenwood (2021, by: Pink, Randi, YA, A, Tulsa Race Massacre, Civil Rights) Firekeeper's Daughter (2021, by: Boulley, Angeline, YA, A, Indigenous Americans, Ojibwe Nation, drug abuse) Concrete Rose (2021, by: Thomas, Angie, YA, A, Modern Age) Names in a Jar (2021, by: Gold, Jennifer, YA, A, Holocaust, WWII) Bad Girls Never Say Die (2021, by: Mathieu, Jennifer, YA, A, Social Classes, Feminism) Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown (2021, by: Sheinkin, Steve, YA, Cold War) Luck of the Titanic (2021, by: Lee, Stacey, YA, A, Titanic, Chinese Immigration) The Witch's Heart (2021, by: Gornichec, Genevieve, YA, A, Norse Mythology) Leonora in the Morning Light (2021, by: Carter, Michaela, YA, A, WWII, Art) The Hidden Palace (2021, by: Wecker, Helene, YA, A, Immigrants, Jewish History) The City Beautiful (2021, by: Polydoros, Aden, YA, A, Gilded Age, Jewish Immigration, Chicago World's Fair) The Silence of Bones (2021, by: Hur, June, YA, A, political murder, Joseon Era) Sixteen Scandals (2021, by: Jordan, Sophie, YA, A, Regency Era) My Contrary Mary (2021, by: Hand, Cynthia, Ashton, Brodi, Meadows, Jodi, YA, A, Tudors, Mary Stuart) The Last Checkmate: A Novel (2021, by: Saab, Gabriella, YA, WWII, Chess, Auschwitz) Our Violent Ends (2021, by: Gong, Clohe, YA, A, Romeo and Juliet) Last Night at the Telegraph Club (2021, by: Nichols Lo, Malinda, YA, A, McCarthyism, Cold War, Chinese American Immigrants, LGBTQ+) Poison Priestess (2021, by: Popovic, Lana, YA, Catherine Monvoisin) The Last Queen: Elizabeth II (2021, by: Irving, Clive, A, Elizabeth II) The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel (2021, by: Dai Randel, Weina, A, WWII, Jewish Immigration) The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (2021, by: Grohl, Dave, A, Dave Grohl, Musicians) Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife (2021, by: Weir, Alison, A, Tudors, Katharine Parr) The Forgotten Kingdom, Book II (2021, by: Pike, Signe, A, Arthurian Legends) Evil Roman Emperors (2021, by: Barlag, Phillip, A, Roman Emperors) Light Perpetual (2021, by: Spufford, Francis, A, WWII) Queens of the Crusades: England's Medieval Queens (2021, by: Weir, Alison, A, Kings and Queens) Miss Eliza's English Kitchen: A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship (2021, by: Abbs, Annabel, A, Victorian Era, Food) A Tip for the Hangman (2021, by: Epstein, Allison, A, Tudors, Elizabeth I) Hour of the Witch (2021, by: Bohjalian, Chris, A, Witch Trials) The Bookseller of Dachau (2021, by: Ryan, Shari J., A, WWII) The Dictionary of Lost Words (2021, by: Williams, Pip, A, WWI, Women's Suffrage, Oxford English Dictionary) The Death of Jane Lawrence: A Novel (2021, by: Starling, Caitlin, A, Gothic Fantasy, Victorian Era) The Lost Apothecary (2021, by: Penner, Sarah, A, Plagues, Women in Science, London, Poison) Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel (2021, by: Doerr, Anthony, A, Historical Fiction) Featured Weekly Book Suggestion - 7/26/2021 Modern Age The Book Thief Author:Zusak, Markus Buy at Amazon | BookShop.org Time Period: Modern Age Time Frame: 1939-1945 Geographic Area: Europe Country: Germany Topics: WWII Genre: Fiction Reading Age: Upper Middle Grade, Young Adult Format: Novel Published: 2007 World History > Modern Age > WWII When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. Emily's Review It occurs to me that despite calling this my favorite book, I've never written a review. I think it's one of those books that I just struggle to talk about without it becoming a gushfest. It is, in my opinion, a perfect book. The characters are all so vivid that by the end of the story I feel like they are real people. I loved Death as the narrator, because who better to tell a story about World War 2 than Death? This book makes me sob, no matter how many times I read it, no matter how much the author prepares me from the beginning of the tale for what's to come. I love Liesel, and Hans, and Rosa, and Rudy...I've legitimately made myself cry just writing this brief review. So go. Read the book. I promise, even despite the tears, it is worth it. "I am haunted by humans." Other Similar Books Other suggestions on the subject of the World War II (Nazi Germany}. An Elephant in the Garden (by: Morpurgo, Michael, MG) The Book Thief (by: Zusak, Markus, YA, UMG) When the World Was Ours (by: Kessler, Liz, UMG, YA) Maus II (by: Spiegelman, Art, YA, A) My Long List of Impossible Things (by: Barker, Michelle, YA, A) Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken (by: Tyndall, Nita, YA, A) The Berlin Boxing Club (by: Sharenow, Robert, YA, A) White Rose (by: Wilson, Kip, YA, A) The Faithful Spy (by: Hendrix, John, YA, A) Parallel Journeys (by: O'Brien, Tim, YA, A) Flowers in the Gutter (by: Gaddy, K. R., YA, A) Names in a Jar (by: Gold, Jennifer, YA, A) Maus I (by: Spiegelman, Art, YA, A) The Shadow War (by: Smith, Lindsay, YA) The Last Checkmate: A Novel (by: Saab, Gabriella, YA) The German Wife (by: Rimmer, Kelly, A) What's New: Books. Lots of Books. Other Links: HistoryBookByBook on Facebook History_BookByBook on Instagram History_BookByBook on Twitter Arrrghschooling on YouTube BuildYourLibrary.com BuildYourLibrary on Facebook