War Fiction For Teens

Er sitzt am Straßenrand, abgerissen, krank und verstört durch seine Erlebnisse im KZ. So finden ihn befreite französische Kriegsgefangene auf dem Weg nach Hause und nehmen den Elfjährigen mit. Bevor sie die französische Grenze überqueren, schärfen sie ihm ein, seinen Namen und seine Herkunft nicht zu verraten. In Frankreich darf niemand merken, dass er Deutscher ist. Dort hassen sie die Deutschen, schärfen sie ihm ein. Er darf kein Deutsch sprechen und muss auf der Hut sein, auch im Kinderheim.

Connor and Maya have volunteered at the neighborhood library together since middle school, but when a grant makes a paid summer position available, their relationship crumbles as they compete to prove which of them is more worthy of the job. The third YA novel from award-winning, best-selling author Cecily Wolfe looks at friendship under pressure, with humor, drama, and misunderstandings that ultimately don't stand a chance against true love.

Portia hides in the foul sewers of the foreign invader city to avoid capture. A poor situation for the most powerful mage of her home world. Can she fight her way back and defend her people before it’s too late? Or will her kin and countrymen live out short enslaved lives?

Another instalment of the anarchic diaries of 11-year-old Alistair Fury and his quest for justice for younger brothers. This time he's desperate to impress Giselle, his older brother's glamorous French exchange partner.

Abigail Walker, a young woman from rural South Carolina, is on the cusp of womanhood, aching to be able to run wild as the younger children do, yet yearning for things she has yet to understand. Awkward and unsure of herself, Abby is flustered when she meets Harvey Nicholas, a cadet from Clemson College. As summer begins, Abby finds herself constantly in the company of Harvey and falling quickly in love with him. But as rumors of war begin to reach the States, Abby begins to fear what may come for her older brother and Harvey.

When hostilities between factions threaten to explode into a shooting war on the moon of Yakutsk, the two major galactic military powers, Central Corps and PSI, send ships to defuse the situation. But when a strange artefact is discovered, events are set in motion that threaten the entire colonized galaxy - including former Central Corps Commander Elena Shaw.

In a little town called Winston, a war is about to take over. Soldiers are moving in, and everyone is scared of the unknown. This adventure-seeking story is told from little Lillian's point of view as her two siblings and her best friend tackle the unknown. The adults won't discuss the reality of their situation, everything is a mystery, soldiers are taking over their town, and the neighbors are slowly disappearing.

Wir drei haben alles überstanden. Die Bomben, die Brände, die Nächte. Wir sind noch da. Unser Leben fängt gerade erst an. London, September 1940. Fast jede Nacht wird die Stadt bombardiert. Ella und ihr kleiner Bruder Robbie suchen Schutz in den weitverzweigten Tunneln der U-Bahn. Wie Sardinen liegen die Menschen dort unten dicht an dicht auf dem Boden. Auch Jay ist darunter, der sich ganz allein durchschlägt, und Quinn, die vom Landsitz ihrer Eltern abgehauen ist, um im Krankenhaus zu helfen. Nach und nach erzählen sich die vier von ihrem Leben und ihren Hoffnungen für die Zukunft.

Everything that is, and everything that once was, leads back to the dark magic that changed the world. Melerina has no idea how important the magic hidden inside her is if the good has to defeat the evil. If she should fail, her people are doomed to lose their souls for eternity and become slaves of the dark creatures that are trying to take over both the underwater world and the world of the burning sun.

My grandad was a hero. He was a fighter pilot in World War II. I loved hearing his stories about the war, and I even started to write them all down. He was really brave. But then I found out a secret I wish had stayed hidden forever. Things are never going to be the same. One question is hammering in my brain: can you do something awful and still be a hero?

Valeria is in love with her best friend, Greg, and has been for years. But they can’t be together because, after they graduate high school, they’ll be on opposite sides of the country. This seems to be Valeria’s greatest dilemma...until a freak storm ambushes the two on a hike a few miles outside their town.

In Avengers: Infinity War, a threat emerged from the cosmos - Thanos, a ruthless warlord who plans to collect all six Infinity Stones. Joined by his formidable allies, he will be near-unstoppable at achieving his goal. The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Man must join forces and fight side by side to stop Thanos, while the fate of the Earth and the universe lays in the balance.

Elele is about to meet her god. She’s about to be elevated to the highest evolved form of her species. Even as she prepares to step before the most powerful entity in the universe, she refuses to confess her secret. She doesn’t want to change. However, the only thing worse than changing, would be failing to transform. Those who don’t evolve are regarded as Ketz, forsaken. Her faith demands she go through the ceremony, but she’s torn between her desire to keep the life she’s known, and what happens to those Seferam who don’t become Var’lechen.

When Alice lands a new job as a talent agent that caters to all-human rock and roll bands, her world is turned upside down when a mysterious man captures one of her friends and leaves a sinister calling card. As she investigates, a series of unexpected circumstances threatens to unravel the life she has so carefully built.

Tom Swift and His War Tank is an adventure novel by Victor Appleton. The United States joins in The Great War, and it seems like everyone has war fever. A military base close to Shopton is instructing soldiers in the art of trench warfare, while pilots are studying aerial combat. Everyone seems to be doing their bit, except for Tom Swift, which raises worries that Tom is a loafer. However, the reason he seems to be idle is that he has secretly been developing a new tank for use in combat.

Liverpool, 1940: 13 year old Joan's home is under threat from the Nazi's terrifying nightly air-raids. It is not an easy time to be a teenager, especially with the sweet rationing, strict curfews and blackouts. Joan and best friend Doreen love going to the cinema until the bombings intensify and then even that becomes too dangerous, especially when an army deserter is found lurking near their home. Who is he and why does he think Joan can help him?

In 1861, 16-year-old Joe Roberts leads a mundane life as far as he's concerned. His world spins in the same circle each day: working at his family's store, taking his sisters on boyish escapades, and bickering with his rogue of a cousin, Lucas. Joe can't understand why his mother allows Lucas to live and work with them after all the pain he caused their family. When war is declared, Joe is quick to join up and become a soldier with the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteers, but war is nothing like he imagined.

This full-cast radio drama tells the inspiring true story of the Hübener Group: Three teenagers in Nazi Germany, who risked everything to defy Hitler.

Tři roky a osm měsíců žije devítiletý Felix Salinger v odlehlém katolickém sirotčinci v horách, ačkoli není katolického vyznání. Jeho rodiče nejsou mrtví. Přivedli ho k matce Mince, představené jeptišek, aby se měl dobře. A určitě si pro něj brzy přijdou, jak Felix věří, jen co vyřeší potíže, které mají se svým knihkupectvím. Protože židovští knihkupci to mají v Polsku roku 1942 těžké. Jak moc těžké, to Felix pochopí, až když se v sirotčinci objeví muži s podivnými páskami na rukávech a začnou vyhazovat a pálit židovské knihy z místní knihovny.

3142 AD. Humanity is on the verge of extinction after genetically engineered dinosaurs reclaimed the planet during the Dino Wars. Adam Caine lives in the secluded city of Bastion with other human survivors and peace-loving dinosaurs. When an old biological weapon that threatens all dinosaur life is activated. Adam knows it is down to him to stop it.