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War -- What is it good for?
War affects everybody. Read one of these fiction or nonfiction books that
explore how war effects people, both those fighting and those living through it.
Click on the title to see if the book is in the library at this time.
Fiction
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Marsden, John
Tomorrow, When the War Began
Upon returning home from a camping trip, a group of teenagers find their houses empty, their pets abandoned and
their families missing. After discovering that their country has been invaded and everyone captured, they have
a decision to make: surrender or fight.
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Rosoff, Meg
How I Live Now
Daisy was enjoying a peaceful vacation in England until a bomb went off in London, setting off a chain of events
that put the whole world at war.
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Trumbo, Dalton
Johnny Got His Gun
Terribly wounded in World War I, a recovering American soldier comes to the horrifying realization that he is
armless, legless and faceless.
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Vaughan, Brian K.
Pride of Baghdad
Based on a true event, this graphic novel tells the story of four lions who find freedom after escaping from
the Baghdad zoo during the U.S. attack on Iraq in 2003.
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Zusak, Markus
The Book Thief
Narrated by Death himself, this is the tail of Liesel Meminger, a girl who secretly rescues books from destruction
at the hand of the Nazis. Liesel also harbors another secret: her family is hiding a Jewish prize fighter in
the basement, an offense punishable by death.
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Nonfiction
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Ahmedi, Farah
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky
At age eighteen, Farah Ahmedi hasn't lived long enough to accomplish much, except to survive a childhood
spent in war-torn, landmine-ridden Afghanistan.
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Akbar, Said Hyder
Come Back to Afghanistan: a California Teenager's Story
Said Hyder Akbar skipped the prom and took his finals early to return home and help rebuild Afghanistan.
He gives firsthand accounts of drug deals and tortured prisoners, and he even tours Osama Bin Laden's house.
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Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
Adolph Hitler, murderer of millions, had a favorite group of children and teenagers: his trainees, known as
"Hitler Youth," who were expected to carry on his legacy of hatred and continue his ideal of a superior race.
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Beah, Ishmael
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Kill or be killed. That was the choice the national army gave to Ishmael Beah during Sierra Leone's civil war in
the 1990's. Armed with an AK-47 and high on drugs, Beah was a boy soldier, responsible for the slaughter of
innocent civilians.
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Jacobson, Sid and Ernie Colón
The 9/11 Report: a Graphic Adaptation
The terrorist attack on September 11th, the events that led up to it and recommendations for how to respond are
portrayed in this graphic nonfiction title, directly based upon the original 9/11 Commission Report.
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List updated August 2007.
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