May 2017 list by Sarah Wegener
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Abigale Hall
by Lauren A. Forry
After losing their mother to the Blitz and their father to suicide, 17-year-old Eliza, along with her troubled little sister, Rebecca, arrives at Abigale Hall for work where she soon learns that the worst is to come as she tries to unravel the mysteries of the house and save her sister, who has fallen under the spell of the vicious housekeeper, from certain doom.
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Before We Sleep
by Jeffrey Lent
A 1960s teen embarks on a search for her biological father after discovering his identity in a cache of letters, while her mother reflects on how their family was profoundly changed by World War II. By the best-selling author of In the Fall.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark Sullivan
A teenage boy in 1940s Italy becomes part of an underground railroad that helps Jews escape through the Alps but is forced by his parents to enlist as a German soldier for his own protection, where he becomes a spy for the Allies.
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Dragon Teeth
by Michael Crichton
A recently discovered novel by the ER creator and best-selling author of Jurassic Park is set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting and follows the exploits of two ambitious paleontologists who sabotage each others' careers in a rivalry that came to be known as the Bone Wars.
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Goodnight from London
by Jennifer Robson
In the summer of 1940, ambitious young American journalist Ruby Sutton moves to London to report on the Second World War. During the blitz, Ruby loses everything but her life, and must depend upon the kindness of strangers. For the first time she learns the depth and measure of true friendship and what it is to love a man who is burdened by secrets that aren't his to share.
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Miss Burma
by Charmaine Craig
A prominent family navigates the traumas of war and political oppression in mid-20th-century Burma while trying to build a meaningful life in the face of forbidden love, colonialism and the Japanese Occupation. By the best-selling author of The Good Men.
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New Boy
by Tracy Chevalier
The best-selling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring presents an imaginative retelling of Shakespeare's Othello that places events in 1970s America and follows the experiences of two diverse children who navigate themes of love, betrayal, racism and revenge on the playground of their all-white school.
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Promises to Keep
by Genevieve Graham
Amelie Belliveau lives an idyllic life with her family among the Acadians of Grande Pre, Nova Scotia. However, when the Acadians refuse to pledge allegiance to the British in their war against the French, the army invades Grande Pre, claims the land, and threatens to exile them. Corporal Connor MacDonnell is a reluctant participant in the British plan to expel the Acadians from their homeland. His sympathy for Amelie gradually evolves into a profound love--a love worth taking risks for.
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The Baker's Secret
by Stephen P. Kiernan
A baker's apprentice in Normandy endures shame and anger as her kind mentor is targeted and arrested for his Jewish heritage, a violation that compels the young woman to engage in discreet resistance activities, baking contraband loaves of bread for the hungry using surplus ingredients taken from occupying forces.
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The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War
by Jeff Shaara
A clash between a North Korean invading army in 1950 South Korea and a U.S. defense force is challenged by overwhelmingly brutal weather conditions in a high-action account of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir that is told from the viewpoints of soldiers and leaders on both sides of the conflict.
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