YA Alex, Who Won His War, by Chester Aaron
Alex Keller is in 8th grade and lives along the coast in Pequod, Conn. not far from the Navy shipyards. While looking for washed-up "treasures" after a storm, Alex and Larry find a dead body. The FBI becomes involved: Could this man be one of the Nazi saboteurs thought to be in the area spying on the Naval yards? What Alex discovers in his quiet neighborhood puts his life in danger - and makes him a hero.

YB Spying on Miss Muller, by Eve Bunting
At a Belfast boarding school during World War II, thirteen-year-old Jessie and her friends suspect their favorite teacher, Miss Muller, of being a Nazi sympathizer or even a Nazi spy! When Jessie agrees to spy on Miss Muller, her discovery changes the teacher's life forever.

YG Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene
Patriotic feelings are running high in Jenkinsville, Ark., during that wartime summer. Patty is twelve years old, awkward, lonely and rejected by her parents in favor of her "perfect" sister. When she meets Anton Reiker, she finds kindness and love. But who would ever understand the friendship between an escaped German prisoner-of-war and a Jewish girl?

JH Stepping on the Cracks, by Mary Downing Hahn
"Step on a crack, break Hitler's back!" Margaret and her best friend Elizabeth both have brothers fighting Hitler in Europe, and news of the war is everywhere. Margaret has her own war to fight right in her hometown, and the enemy is Gordy Smith, the most horrible bully in the sixth grade. When Margaret discovers secrets about Gordy, her opinion of him, and of the war, are changed forever.

YL Alan and Naomi, by Myron Levoy
Alan Silverman does not want to be crazy Naomi Kirshenbaum's friend, especially since it means giving up his afternoon stickball games! But when Alan learns about her horrifying experiences during the war in France, he changes his mind. Alan and Naomi slowly become friends, and Alan does not realize what her friendship means to him until it is too late.

YM Good Night, Mr. Tom, by Michelle Magorian
Old Tom Oakley never thought he would take a child evacuated from London during the wartime bombings, especially one like Willie. Willie was eight years old, sickly and quiet, and bearing marks from brutal beatings. Mr. Tom believed he could do some good for the boy, not foreseeing what Willie would do for him.

YM Back Home, by Michelle Magorian
It's been five years since twelve-year-old Rusty Dickinson has seen England or her family as she was evacuated during the Blitzkrieg. As far as she's concerned, she's an American! How can she be "home" when she is expected to go to a stuffy boarding school where everyone thinks she is a coward for leaving England? How can she be "home" when her family doesn't recognize her anymore or like the person she has become? Will she ever be back home?

JO The Island on Bird Street, by Uri Orlev
Alex is left alone in the Polish Ghetto when his mother disappears and his father is "selected" by the German army for an unknown destination. His father's last words were to stay where he was and wait for his return. But how can a Jewish boy survive alone in a deserted house, hiding from the Germans in the middle of the Ghetto?

YR The Boys from St. Petri, by Bjarne Reuter
The "boys from St. Petri" were a small group of teenagers who played pranks on the Nazi forces occupying their Danish town of Aalborg. They secretly carried out "pranks," which bordered on sabotage and became more dangerous and life-threatening. Based on true events, these boys sparked the beginning of the resistance movement in Denmark.