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The Butter Battle Book is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House on January 12, 1984. It is an anti-war story: specifically, a parable about arms races in general, mutually assured destruction and nuclear weapons in particular. [1] The Butter Battle Book was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
978-0679640998. The Best and the Brightest (1972) is an account by journalist David Halberstam of the origins of the Vietnam War published by Random House. The focus of the book is on the foreign policy crafted by academics and intellectuals who were in President John F. Kennedy 's administration, and the consequences of those policies in ...
Snow Treasure. Snow Treasure is a children's novel by Marie McSwigan. Set in Nazi-occupied Norway during World War II, it recounts the story of several Norwegian children who use sleds to smuggle their country's gold bullion past German guards to a waiting ship, the Cleng Peerson. [1][2][3] Published in 1942, it has been in print ever since. [4]
The Pushcart War is a popular children's novel by the American writer Jean Merrill, illustrated by Ronni Solbert [1] and first published by W. R. Scott in 1964. It is Merrill's best known work. [1] The story is written in the style of a historical report from the future, looking back at the events of a "war" that occurred a decade earlier on ...
The Sorrow of War – Bảo Ninh novel, 1990. The Thin Red Line – James Jones novel, 1962. The Things They Carried – Tim O'Brien, 1990. Three Soldiers – John Dos Passos novel, 1921, World War I. The Tin Drum – Günter Grass novel. The Train Was on Time (Der Zug war pünktlich) – Heinrich Böll novel, 1949.
The Wednesday Wars is a 2007 young adult historical fiction novel written by Gary D. Schmidt, the author of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. The novel is set in suburban Long Island during the 1967–68 school year. The Vietnam War is an important backdrop for the novel. It was given a Newbery Honor medal in 2008, and was also nominated ...
Carrie's War is a 1973 English children's novel by Nina Bawden set during the Second World War. It follows two young London evacuees, Carrie and her younger brother Nick, into a Welsh village. It is often read in schools for its literary and historical interest. [ 1 ][ 2 ]Carrie's War received the 1993 Phoenix Award and has been adapted for ...
The Chocolate War is a 1974 young adult novel by American writer Robert Cormier. It was adapted into a film in 1988. Although it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, some reviewers have argued it is one of the best young adult novels of all time. [1] Set at a fictional Catholic high school, the story depicts a secret student ...