Costa Zannis is helped, and sometimes hindered, by a cast of characters who show that heroism is something that regular people can do on a regular basis during extraordinary circumstances.
Category: WWII
The Diary of a Young Girl | WWII
This book defines the human spirit and its ability to find joy in adversity and goodness in people, even after everything it suffers.
Sarah’s Key | WWII
When I first saw the short description for Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, I thought it would be a cute book for young readers (well, as cute as Jewish victims during WWII can possibly be)…but oh, I was so wrong. It was a good book, but I wouldn’t say cute. More like tumultuous. Overview:…
The Secret War | WWII
Success was not due just to bigger navies or faster planes or better soldiers; it was due as well to the intelligence gathered by secret warriors.
D-Day, June 6, 1944 | WWII
Only the bravery and courage of the troops, the leadership of their superiors, and the force of the human will to conquer got the Allies up the beaches.
Band of Brothers | WWII
Band of Brothers follows one company of men with extraordinary courage through Europe to victory.
All the Light We Cannot See | WWII
There’s more to light or truth than what we can physically see; that light is almost a tangible essence that lifts us up. Indeed, there’s light all around that can make us our better selves if we let it. It’s a light that Marie-Laure, blind as she was, could see, while Werner, with all this brilliance and knowledge, was blind to until the very end:
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943 | WWII
The point of this book is to take a little piece of the suffering and pain and desperation of those nameless, countless soldiers, and swallow it whole until we carry a bit of them within our hearts.
For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy | WWII
Those who fought against the Nazis were people who had integrity, who acted despite the hardship, who knew what was truly important in life…and death.
Hero on a Bicycle | WWII
War can harden or humble a person. Some of these characters allowed it to turn them into better people.
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 | WWII
The Allied commanders were ordinary men thrust into a difficult situation and expected to be extraordinary. They made mistakes, but they also did the best they could. They were heroic enough.
The Girl from Venice | WWII
This book is beautiful and romantic with a thread of hope that weaves throughout the entire plot, turning the death and destruction of war into a glimpse of the human capacity for good.
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