Fiction
Under a War Torn Sky by L.M Elliot
19-year-old Hank is an American pilot flying dangerous mission when his plane is shot down over Alsace, near the Swiss border. The location is a bit of luck as it allows him to cross into neutral territory. The problem is he has broken ankle, limited language skills, and enemy soldiers all around. Nazis are not known for being forgiving and an American soldier made for excellent collateral. Hank must rely on a few brave citizens of France, and Switzerland, to move him in secret.
Nonfiction
Winston Churchill : soldier, statesman, artist by John Severance
The author of this biography chooses to focuse on Churchill's contributions during World War I, which is why it has made it to my list. He also includes Churchill’s childhood, Boer War stories, and his journey to becoming a statesman. It is obvious from reading this biography that Severance was taking with the famous Churchill wit as well as his larger than life personality and affinity for cigars
Adult Pick
Résistance : a woman's journal of struggle and defiance in occupied France by Agnès Humbert
Agnès Humbert was an art historian in Paris during the German occupation in 1940. She witnessed many atrocities while living in silence. When she could be silent no more she joined forces with several colleagues to form an organized resistance to Nazi power. The members of Humbert’s group were betrayed to the Gestapo while plotting to remove German forces from France. Humbert was imprisoned, mistreated by her captors and forced to endure horrors in a string of German labor camps. In spite of these tortures she never gave up hope for herself, for her country, and for the fate of humanity.
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