2003 EVVY Award winner for Historical Fiction.
"A Book Club Must"
Based on a true story… December, 1941, The Pacific. While the world focuses on the carnage at Pearl Harbor, tiny Wake Island 2,300 miles west is also under attack. On it are 1,200 civilians and a small detachment of Marines. This frightened, under-equipped band of Americans will hold the mighty Japanese navy at bay for sixteen days before succumbing to a sweeping invasion. "Remember Wake" becomes a battle cry for a nation marching to war.

2007 Colorado Book Award Finalist. 2007 EVVY Award winner for fiction
Based on true stories… When the going got tough during World War II, America's women got going. By the millions, they stepped into factories, offices, hospitals—anywhere capable hands were needed. The eleven fictional stories in this remarkable collection are based on real women whose experiences were at once typical and extraordinary.

Twelve-year-old Miguel Montoya feels left behind. Everyone else in his large family is “doing his part” for the war effort. His brother is flying dangerous missions over enemy territory, and his sister and aunt are volunteering around town. Miguel offers to take their places in the family grocery store, only to be told he’s not old enough to do anything more than sweep floors and keep an eye on his bothersome nephew, Victor. When Miguel befriends a wounded soldier, though, the realities of war hit home. And on the fateful day when his family needs him most, it is Miguel who must do his part to save his nephew.

2008 Colorado Book Award Finalist

Fourteen-year-old Tai Shimoda's family has lost everything. Like many other Japanese-Americans at the start of World War II, Tai's family has been forced to move to Tule Lake Relocation Center in Northern California. Though he misses his friends back home, Tai does his best to start a new life behind the barbed wire of camp. But in the spring of 1943, tensions at Tule Lake are growing. Tai's older brother has joined a group who has refused to swear allegiance to the United States. They call themselves the No-Nos...

2007 Colorado Book Award Finalist. 2007 EVVY Award winner for juvenile fiction.
Until World War II came along, fourteen-year-old Helen Marshall's biggest problem had been her height. Few men in Hayden's Valley, Illinois are as tall as Helen. But when Helen's mother is injured and her favorite cousin ships off to fight, Helen must find a way to support both her family and her country.