The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Monday, May 25, 2026

First Light

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  Wellum, Geoffrey. First Light . New York : Viking 2002. Print. First Sentences: There are some days in the early spring when the weather i...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Over to You

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Dahl, Roald . Over to You . London : Reynal & Hitchcock. 1946. Print. First Sentences: Oh, God, how I am frightened. Now that I am alone...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Daikon

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Hawley, Samuel. Daikon. New York : Avid Reader 2025. Print. First Sentences: Major Edward T. Houseman left his barracks tent at 8th Avenue a...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Soaring to Glory

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Handleman, Philip .  Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II . Washington DC: Regnery History 2019 . Pri...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

The Navajo Code Talkers

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Paul, Doris A.  The Navajo Code Talkers . Pittsburgh: Dorrance 19739 . Print. First Sentences: Every syllable of my message came through. So...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

We Die Alone

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  Howarth, David. We Die Alone . Guilford, CT: Lyons Press 1955 . Print. First Sentences: Even at the end of March, on th...
Monday, December 16, 2019

The Volunteer

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Fairweather, Jack.  The Volunteer: One Man', An Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz . New York: HarperCollins ...
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Call me Fred. I am a retired librarian from The Ohio State University and an avid, yet selective and highly judgmental reader who is under no illusion a book will get better in its writing style, plot, or characters after a disappointing first few sentences. However, the books profiled in this blog are, in every way, wonderful reads.
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