Watch: Read: This is Feature Shelf, a series that provides book recommendations based on theme or title suggestions. This shelf was requested by Rodrigo and Aldo and it’s Feature Shelf #43: The Anything Related to War Edition. My name is eli, I’m also called the (book) supplier. Thanks for watching. I want to begin this episode with … More Feature Shelf #43: The Anything Related to War Edition
Rodrigo and Aldo wanted a Feature Shelf about war. Their request lacked any more detail, so I went in my own direction with it. Here’s what I came up with. Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein http://bit.ly/ew-rose | http://amzn.to/1qPhgni I hadn’t read anything about people who were experimented on by the Nazis during World War II. I don’t … More Feature Shelf #43: The Anything about War Edition
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz Hardcover, 260 pages 760L Based on the true story of Jack Gruener, Prisoner B-3087 gives readers a look at 10 different concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Europe. The story takes readers from before the Germans invaded Poland, to after the Americans liberated Dachau. In the author’s note, Gratz says he took … More Review: Prisoner B-3087
Hey there. Welcome to Feature Shelf, a series that provides book recommendations based on theme or title suggestions. This week’s shelf was requested by Karen. I am the (book) supplier and this is Feature Shelf #23: The Historical Fiction Edition Part 1: WWII. More than any other historical period, my students ask for books about … More Feature Shelf #23: The Historical Fiction Edition
Hey there and welcome to Feature Shelf, a series that provides book recommendations based on the,e or title suggestions. This week’s shelf was co-created by Mr. Buteau, a teacher in Colorado. I am the (book) supplier and this is Feature Shelf #21: the Confirmity Edition. We are not all the same. And sometimes I think people … More Feature Shelf #21: The Conformity Edition
A number or people suggested I read Code Name Verity as part of my historical fiction #bookgapchallenge. And I did. So this is #bookgapchallenge update #2. I am the (book) supplier. I don’t know what it is about historical fiction that makes it not something I’d pick up first. I haven’t read any historical fiction … More Code Name Verity (#bookgapchallenge no. 3)
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Hardcover, 343 pages 1040L I did a #bookgapchallenge video for this book, as it met my historical fiction book gap.You can click here to go to the post with that video. I don’t know what it is about historical fiction that makes it not something I’d pick up first. … More Code Name Verity
During World War II, only White women could serve as Airforce Service Pilots. And Ida Mae Jones is Black. Except that she’s so light skinned that if someone didn’t already know she was black, she could pass for White. Joining the Women Airforce Service Pilots means making a choice, a choice that will keep her … More Book Preview: Flygirl
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is one of the most popular books about the Holocaust in World War II in my collection. There is an innocence about Bruno, who we follow from Germany to Poland because of his father’s job, a job that Bruno doesn’t fully understand. All he knows is that his father … More Book Preview: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Book Thief is the Printz Honor winner from author Markus Zusak. Originally, it was supposed to be a 100 page novella. This novel is narrated by Death and set over World World II Nazi Germany. Check out the video below where Markus Zusak explains his motivation to write The Book Thief, and the history … More Book Preview: The Book Thief
