History
World War II
The hiding place / Corrie ten Boom
As the Nazi madness swept across Europe, a quiet
watchmaker's family in Holland risked everything for the sake of others and for
the love of Christ. They sheltered Jews until they were arrested and sent to a
concentration camp. Could God's love shine through, even in Ravensbruck?
(Amazon.com ; 5/4/2012)
The boy who dared / Susan C. Bartoletti
“It’s morning. Soft gray light slips over the tall redbrick wall. It stretches across the exercise yard and reaches though the high, barred windows. In a cell on the ground floor, the light shifts dark shapes into a small stool, a scrawny table, and a bed made of wooden boards with no mattress or blanket. On that bed, a thin, huddled figure, Helmut, a boy of seventeen, lies awake. Shivering. Trembling. It’s a Tuesday. The executioner works on Tuesday.” (excerpt ; from the book jacket.)
“When 16-year-old Helmut
Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly
discovers Germany is lying to the people. But when he tries to expose the truth
with leaflets, he's tried for treason. “ (Amazon.com)
Iraq War
From Baghdad, with
love: a Marine, the war, and a dog named Lava / Jay Kopelman
When Marines enter an
abandoned house in Fallujah, they hear a suspicious noise, clutch their
weapons, and ease around the corner. They do not discover an insurgent but a
tiny puppy. Despite military rules against keeping pets, the marines adopt the
puppy and eventually , Lt. Col. Kopelman brings him home to America.
Biography
From the barrio to the boardroom / Robert Renteria
Today Robert Renteria is a successful business owner and civic leader, but he grew up as an infant sleeping in a dresser drawer. This poignant and often hard-hitting memoir traces Robert's life from a childhood of poverty and abuse in one of the poorest areas of East Los Angeles, to his proud emergence as a business owner today. (from Amazon.com ; 5/8/2012)
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