War in Children's/Young Adults' Literature

This list reflects but a sampling of the available titles that explore this complex topic.

Across Five Aprils Discussion Guide by Irene Hunt All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, A. W. Wheen (Translator) America Under Attack by Scott Marquette American Revolution Books by Jean Fritz by Jean Fritz America's Leaders by Jill C. Wheeler Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Ann Frank Attack on Pearl Harbor: The True Story of the Day America Entered World War II by Shelley Tanaka, David Craig The Battle of the Alamo: The Fight for Texas Territory by Carmen Bredeson A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mazer The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss Cameras on the Battlefield: Photos of War by Matt White The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp Based on a Classroom Diary by Michael O. Tunnell, George W. Chilcoat The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum, et al. The Civil War for Kids: A History with 21 Activities by Janis Herbert Don't You Know There's a War On? by James Stevenson Faithful Elephants : A True Story of Animals, People, and War by Yukio Tsuchiya, Ted Lewin Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese-American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston The Firing on Fort Sumter: A Splintered Nation Goes to War by Nancy A. Colbert Heroes: A Novel by Robert Cormier Life Goes on: The Civil War at Home, 1861-1865 by James R. Arnold, Roberta Wiener

Life on the Underground Railroad by Stuart A. Kallen Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery by Russell Roberts My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln, Chris Collier Number the Stars Lois Lowry On the Trail of John Brown's Body by Alan N. Kay Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco A Place Called Heartbreak: A Story of Vietnam by Frederick Porter, Walter Dean Myers The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, et al. Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, Ronald Himler Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene Under a War-Torn Sky by L. M. Elliott The Underground Railroad: Life on the Road to Freedom by Ellen Hansen (Editor), Pat Perrin (Editor) Understanding September 11th: Answering Questions About the Attacks on America by Mitch Frank The U.S. Air Force at War by Terri Sievert, et al. The U.S. Army at War by Terri Sievert, et al. The U.S. Marine Corps at War by Melissa Abramovitz The U.S. Navy at War by Melissa Abramovitz The Wall: Literature Guide for Teachers by Eve Bunting War, Peace, and All That Jazz 1918-1945 by Joy Hakim War with Mexico by William Jay Jacobs The Winter at Valley Forge: Survival and Victory by James E. Knight, George Guzzi The Young Carthaginian by G. A. Henty, et al.