children

With the city of Florence, Italy, under heavy Nazi occupation, thirteen-year-old Paolo is confronted by the anti-Nazi movement and Paolo must figure out if he has what it takes to be a hero.

Twenty Iraqi children discuss how the War on Terror has affected their lives.

Recounts the author's early years in occupied Holland during WWII as friends, neighbors, and items such as food, clothes, and fuel are taken away by the Nazis, covering his ability to find ways to play while helping his father protect guests from the enemy, and his life on the run with his mother after his father is taken.

When the Nazis invade Hungary, Susan and her sister are sent to a convent in order to protect them from persecution, where they try to adapt to the rules and rituals of a new religion and worry they will be found.

The author reveals a first-hand account of her and her family's experiences when they and other Dutch residents on the island of Java, were captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken to a prison camp where they spent over three years.

Presents a collection of stories from World War II, culled from eyewitness accounts, archival images, detailed maps, and a timeline of key events that paint a vivid picture of daily life in wartime as experienced by children who lived through it.

Focuses on the suffering and experiences of eight children during the Nazi occupation of Europe.

The diary of a third-grade class of Japanese-American children being held with their families in an internment camp during World War II.

The true story of a young girl's involvement with the Dutch Resistance during World War II and her subsequent arrest and imprisonment by the Germans.

Presents the stories of six people from different parts of the world whose childhoods were shaped by their experiences during World War II. Includes black and white photographs of various sites and people.