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Tag Archives: World War II
Book Club Kit: In the Garden of Beasts
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson First Published: 2011 6 Copies & Reading Guide The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 Copies, AJPL, books, Erik Larson, Germany, literature, reading, World War II, WWII
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Book Club Kit: Sarah’s Key
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay First Published: 2007 10 Copies & Reading Guide Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Copies, 2007, books, family, Historical Fiction, History, literature, PCLD, reading, Tatiana de Rosnay, Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, World War II, WWII
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Book Club Kit: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford First Published: 2009 10 Copies & Reading Guide When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered during renovations at a Seattle hotel, Henry … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Copies, 2009, books, Historical Fiction, Jamie Ford, PCLD, reading, World War II
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Book Club Kit: The Zookeeper’s Wife
The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman First Published: 2007 10 Copies & Reading Guide When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw—and the city’s zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Copies, 2007, books, Diane Ackerman, History, Narrative Non-fiction, PCLD, reading, World War II
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Book Club Kit: City of Thieves
City of Thieves by David Benioff First Published: 2008 8 Copies & Reading Guide A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. His grandmother won’t talk about it, but his … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, 8 Copies, books, Coming-of-Age, David Benioff, Historical Fiction, PCLD, reading, Russia, World War II
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