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The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage

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The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met CourageThe Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage by Walter Dean Myers, Bill Miles
ISBN: 0060011386
Published by Amistad on July 22nd 2014
Pages: 160

Len's Summary: An unusual and well crafted book on WWI directed at juvenile readers nine to 12 years old. A good gift for your grandchildren.

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National Geographic Kids Everything World War I: Dig in With Thrilling Photos and Fascinating Facts

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National Geographic Kids Everything World War I: Dig in With Thrilling Photos and Fascinating FactsNational Geographic Kids Everything World War I: Dig in With Thrilling Photos and Fascinating Facts by Karen Latchana Kenney
ISBN: 1426317158
Published by National Geographic Society on September 9th 2014
Pages: 64

Len's Summary: The perfect gift for young readers eight to 13; edited by a winner of our Tomlinson Book Prize. Heavily illustrated with period photos and color drawings. Four stars.

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In Flanders Fields: Passchendaele 1917

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In Flanders Fields: Passchendaele 1917In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign by Leon Wolff
ISBN: 0141390794
on January 1st 1970
Genres: World War I, Battle History, Youth-accessible

Len's Summary: Passchendaele – The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917; war at its worst.

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Voices from the Great War

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Voices from the Great WarVoices from the Great War by Peter Vansittart
ISBN: 0531098117
Published by Franklin Watts on January 1st 1984
Genres: World War I, Diplomacy and Politics, Personal Accounts, Youth-accessible
Pages: 303

Len's Summary: Tells the story of the war with an eclectic compilation of literary and political quotes, headlines, and statistics.

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The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry: Revised Edition

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The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry: Revised EditionThe Penguin Book of First World War Poetry: Revised Edition by Jon Silkin, Various
ISBN: 0141180099
Published by Penguin Classics on May 1st 1997
Genres: World War I, Personal Accounts, Youth-accessible, Poetry
Pages: 320

Len's Summary: An extensive anthology containing the works of numerous poets of most combatant nations.

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Goshawk Squadron

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Goshawk SquadronGoshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson
ISBN: 0786715952
Published by Da Capo Press on October 13th 2005
Genres: World War I, Novel, Aviation, Youth-accessible
Pages: 288

Len's Summary: Exciting, myth-debunking aviation novel. // Novel by the author of Piece of Cake, published in 1971 and shortlisted for a Booker Prize. The cynical and often hilarious story of the misfortunes of an imaginary RAF pursuit squadron on the Western Front in 1918. A sort of WWI Catch 22.

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War Horse

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War HorseWar Horse by Michael Morpurgo
ISBN: 0439796644
Published by Scholastic Press on September 1st 2010
Genres: World War I, Historical Fiction, Illustrated, Youth-accessible
Pages: 176

Len's Summary: The terror of war from the point of view of a horse drafted into service.

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The First Day on the Somme

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The First Day on the SommeThe First Day on the Somme by Martin Middlebrook
ISBN: 1844154653
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 1st 2003
Genres: World War I, Diplomacy and Politics, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 365

Len's Summary: Ground-breaking work that shows the human tragedy of the disastrous attack of the British Army on July 1, 1916.

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Over There

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Over ThereOver There: The Story of America's First Great Overseas Crusade by Frank Freidel
ISBN: 007557036X
Published by McGraw-Hill Companies on December 1st 1990
Genres: World War I, Battle History, Personal Memoirs, Illustrated, Youth-accessible
Pages: 244

Len's Summary: Story of the American military effort told sympathetically, with gusto; uses many firsthand accounts.

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Knights of the Air

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Knights of the AirKnights of the Air (Epic of Flight) by Ezra Bowen
ISBN: 0809432528
Published by Time-Life Books Inc. on January 1st 1980
Genres: World War I, Aviation, Illustrated, Youth-accessible
Pages: 192 pages

Len's Summary: Enjoyable introduction to the air war; extensive photos of aces and aircraft.

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AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

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AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WARAmerican Heritage History of World War I by S.L.A. Marshall
ISBN: 9781612308067
Published by New Word City on September 5th 2014
Genres: World War I, Battle History, Diplomacy and Politics, Illustrated, Maps, Youth-accessible
Pages: 705

Len's Summary: A comprehensive history that’s well illustrated and contains helpful maps plus commentary by a distinguished historian; good for starting.

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