Summary: Based on the astonishing true story of Ruth and Jack Gruener, this gripping novel follows a young Jewish boy from Poland who is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him.
Scholastic
Filed under: 2013-2014 Club, What We're Reading | Tagged: 2013, concentration camps, historical fiction, Poland, prisoners, World War 2 | 4 Comments »
Summary: GHOSTS IN THE FOG is the first narrative nonfiction book for young adults to tell the riveting story of how the Japanese invaded and occupied the Aleutian Islands in Alaska during World War II. This fascinating little-known piece of American history is told from the point of view of the American civilians who were captured and taken prisoner, along with the American and Japanese soldiers who fought in one of the bloodiest battles of hand-to-hand combat during the war.
Scholastic
Filed under: 2011-2012 Club, Not Mock Newbery | Tagged: 2011, Aleutian Islands, Japanese, non-fiction, prisoners, WW II | Leave a comment »
