FROM THE PUBLISHER:

This inspiring story, with strikingly original art, is based on the author's mother's childhood and will show young readers that they, too, can make a difference.

This short book is unforgettable. Watch the Danish resistance through the eyes of 10-year-old Annemarie Johansen, just as the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark. Your kids can meet author Lois Lowry in her Author Access video replay in RAR Premium.

FROM SARAH:

Another must-read from Maria Parr. A modern Pippi Longstocking . . . but maybe even more delightful, if that's possible! My crew loved this book. Wonderful on audio (Audible | LibroFM).

Please note for tenderhearted readers: death of a pet.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

Speed and self-confidence, that’s Astrid’s motto. Nicknamed “the little thunderbolt,” she loves to spend her days racing down the hillside on her sled, singing loudly as she goes. She just wishes there were other children to share her hair-raising adventures with. But Astrid’s world is about to be turned upside down by two startling arrivals to the village.

FROM SARAH:

The Bletchley Riddle is an exciting middle-grade novel about the top-secret WWII location, Bletchley Park. It's based on the true setting of the Allied codebreakers stationed here, doggedly working to decrypt German ciphers, including the elusive Enigma machine. The book is told in alternating viewpoints--from one of the codebreakers, desperate to break Enigma's code, to his intrepid, plucky sister, determined to discover the truth behind their mother's unexplained disappearance. I loved reading this one for myself!

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

A thrilling mystery and collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin! This historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother’s disappearance.

FROM SARAH:

A story reminiscent of novels such as Number the Stars and Snow Treasure, this story unfolds in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. Piet dreams of completing the same skating race as his hero, Pim Mulier, who was the first to skate the Elfstedentocht (a famous race that goes through eleven towns along frozen canals). Piet is now called upon to undertake the race of his life–rescuing two children in dangerous circumstances. A longer picture book for multiple sittings, this is an inspiring story of courage!

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

In 1941 Piet, a young Dutch boy from Sluis, gets the assignment of a lifetime: He must skate along the frozen canals of the Netherlands and across the Belgian border, in order to guide two neighborhood children to their aunt's house in Brugge, where the children will remain for the duration of World War II. Their father has been taken by German soldiers, and the children are no longer safe in Sluis -- but the journey with Piet, past soldiers and enemies, is fraught with danger.