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When Anna's romance-novelist father sends her to an elite American boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school, she reluctantly goes, and meets an amazing boy who becomes her best friend, in spite of the fact that they both want something more.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Told through medieval poetic forms and in the voices of the people and objects in Joan of Arc's life, (including her family and even the trees, clothes, cows, and candles of her childhood), Voices offers an unforgettable perspective on an extraordinary young woman. Along the way it explores timely issues such as gender, misogyny, and the peril of speaking truth to power. Before Joan of Arc became a saint, she was a girl inspired. -- from Amazon.
4) Madeline
Author
Series
Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans) volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[1939]
Language
English
Description
Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
Author
Publisher
Walker Pub. Company
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When World War II breaks out seventeen-year-old Betty, an American studying in England, trains as a spy and parachutes into German-occupied France to join the Resistance, but after meeting a young American pilot she begins to realize fully the brutality of the war and their dangerous position.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nora loves everything about Paris, from the Eiffel Tower to chocolat chaud. Of course, she's never actually been there -- she's only visited through her Grandma Sylvia's stories. And just when they've finally planned a trip together, Grandma Sylvia is suddenly gone, taking Nora's dreams with her. Nora is crushed. She misses her grandmother terribly, but she still wants to see the city they both loved. So when Nora finds letters and a Paris treasure...
12) Defiance
Author
Series
Resistance trilogy volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In 1943, as the German occupation of France continues, the Tessier siblings increase their involvement in the Resistance while staying out of the way of the Millice, the Vichy military police. Includes facts about Charles De Gaulle and his support of resistance movements.
13) Stubby
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"Stubby the war dog narrates the story of his life, from his birth on the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, through his time spent in Europe with the American Expeditionary Force, to his eventual hero's welcome back in the U.S."--
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Series
Gilded wolves volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Set in a darkly glamorous world The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence and dangerous but thrilling adventure. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel,...
Author
Series
Boys of wartime volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Michael, a thirteen-year-old French-American, watches in fear as the Nazis invade Paris, and is spurred to become part of the French Resistance movement, defying Hitler, helping American aviators to safe zones, and delivering secret documents at great risk to his own safety. Includes historical notes, glossary, and timeline.
17) Genevieve's war
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In August 1939 Genevieve makes an impulsive decision not to get on train to take her to boat back New York and must spend the duration of World War II with her grandmother in a small village in Alsace, France, where she becomes involved with the French resistance"--
19) The Pear affair
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Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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While accompanying her parents to Paris, twelve-year-old Nell sets off to investigate the disappearance of her beloved, former au pair, affectionately known as Pear.
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Series
Aristokittens volume 2
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
While hosting a Dog Biscuit Bake-Off in honor of their new puppy friends, a trio of siblings--the Aristokittens--are pitted against each other, which threatens to make this contest a furry fiasco!
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