world war, 1914-1918

"It's 1918, and war is raging across Europe. When Lady Mina Tretheway receives a telegram at boarding school, she doesn't want to read it--telegrams never bring good news. The message is written in a cryptic code, and Mina is soon pulled out of school and into a secret wartime mission with a dashing American spy"--Provided by publisher.

"In 1917, Thomas, a thirteen-year-old coal miner seeking his missing brother, James, joins the Claykickers, who tunnel beneath the battlefields of the Western Front as they learn to be men"--Provided by publisher.

Describes some of the creative and subversive tactics used during World War I, including the adventures of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American fighter pilot, a kind of camouflage called Dazzle Painting that made ships look like Easter eggs, or that Americans Indians sent secret messages as code talkers in the Choctaw Telephone Squad.

Contains episodes eleven and twelve of "Freedom: A History of US," which looks at America in the early twentieth century, covering the Wright brothers' invention of the airplane, joining the fight in World War I, women's suffrage, and the 1920s; as well as the stock market crash, Great Depression, New Deal, and joining the fight in World War II.

Examines the fabled truce that took place on the Dec. 1914 Christmas Eve along the Western Front. German and British soldiers in Ypres, Belgium, spontaneously ceased hostilities and peacefully celebrated the holiday together. Includes eyewitness accounts, the recorded recollections of those who were there, newspaper stories and military records help document this extraordinary occurrence.

"Jules and Jim are best friends. They play together. They go to school together. They grow up together. Through it all, Jim is always a little ahead of Jules--a little faster, a little stronger. So, when Canada goes to war against Germany in 1914, Jim is the first to volunteer, but Jules is right behind him. They fight together. They battle the cold and the mud of the trenches together. But in the end, only one of them will see the Armistice begin at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. A poignant tale of friendship, 'The Eleventh Hour' is also a story about life, death, and the horrors and futility of war"--Provided by publisher.

"It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of alifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia'sImperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortuneteller's daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household. On the other side of the Atlantic, Eliza is doing her part to help the White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. But when Sofya's letters suddenly stop coming she fears the worst for her best friend"--Provided by publisher.

Readers will learn about the top aces from around the world, all kinds of planes, the wars in which they flew, and victories, emphasizing record holders.

An exploration of the plight of African-American soldiers and sailors, the work of President Harry Truman and others to desegregate the United States armed forces, and the legal, political, and moral aspects of desegregation.

In 1916 on the World War I Western Front, Annie Barnaby nurses combat-wounded and sick soldiers but a smaller and equally deadly battle is occuring in her intestines as her phages fight dysentery.