Books with title My Brother

A fascinating new perspective on World War II; a fictitious, personalized take on the real-life rebel German youth group, the Edelweiss Pirates.Karl Friedman is only twelve, but like all boys his age in Germany, he's already playing war games, training to join the Hitler Youth. Stefan, Karl's nonconformist older brother, wants nothing to do with it. Then their father is killed, and what had been a game suddenly becomes deadly serious. Karl's faith in the Fuhrer is shaken: Is Hitler a national hero--or a villain? What is the meaning of the flower symbol stitched inside Stefan's jacket, and what is the mission of the shadow group he belongs to? Karl soon finds out as he joins his brother in a dangerous rebellion against the burgeoning threat of Nazism.

A bubbly young boy has to write a poem about a person, place or thing to recite in school. He decides to write a poem about his big brother. However, the child develops writers block. After drifting off into a catnap, he dreams about all the wonderful times he and his brother shared. When the young child awakens, his mind is very clear as to what he wants to write about. This children’s story is a realistic depiction of how awesome it is to have a sibling as a best friend. This book contains vibrant illustrations to aid the melodic storyline.

Becky and her brother John were best buddies, telling jokes, caring for their dog Toby together, and playing soccer. John was always there to cheer her up and help her out--until he died. Becky wishes everything could go back to the way it was.When she is surprised and feels guilty about enjoying a friend's birthday party, her mom wraps reassuring arms around her and says, "Don't you think he'd want you to laugh, even now?" She gradually realizes that she can still enjoy the things that they used to do together and that the memories of John continue to make him part of their family.Always My Brother is a sensitive, realistic story about the process of grief, acceptance, and recovery. Phyllis Pollema-Cahill's lovely illustrations bring readers right into the heart of Becky's family as they struggle to move forward.

As World War I draws to a close in 1918, German citizens are starving and suffering under a repressive regime. Sixteen-year-old Moritz is torn. His father died in the war and his older brother still risks his life in the trenches, but his mother does not support the patriotic cause and attends subversive socialist meetings. While his mother participates in the revolution to sweep away the monarchy, Moritz falls in love with a Jewish girl who also is a socialist. When Moritz's brother returns home a bitter, maimed war veteran, ready to blame Germany's defeat on everything but the old order, Moritz must choose between his allegiance to his dangerously radicalized brother and those who usher in the new democracy.

A nighttime meeting with a stranger could change everything…Dov Zalinski has learned quickly that the Jerusalem of 1948 is a dangerous place for everyone, whether Jew, Arab, or British. Yet not even the threat of sniper attacks can keep the young Holocaust survivor from searching for his family—or what’s left of it. Dov’s growing involvement with the Haganah, a Jewish resistance movement, may be just the added help he needs to locate his brother, Natan, lost during the war. Will God answer his prayer?Emily Parkinson has watched the city she loves turn ugly with violence. Her parents are anxious to send her on the next ship to England, but Emily cannot face the thought of leaving her home in Jerusalem to return to a place she barely remembers. With every bomb blast and nighttime raid, though, the fight for Palestine hits closer to home, until it is only a matter of time before Emily’s own family is affected. When the day comes to say goodbye, will she be brave enough to go?