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21) Steelstriker
Author
Series
Skyhunter duology volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"With her friends scattered by combat and her mother held captive by the Premier, Talin is forced to betray her fellow Strikers and her adopted homeland. She has no choice but to become the Federation's most deadly war machine as their newest Skyhunter."--
Mara has fallen to the Karensa Federation's tyranny. Its destruction has unleashed Talin's worst nightmare: her friends are scattered; her mother held captive by the Premier; and she was forced...
22) Enduring freedom
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined"--
On September 11, 2001, the lives of two boys on opposite sides of the world are changed in an instant. The family of Baheer, a studious Afghan...
23) Hero mom
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The moms in this book are superheroes. They may not leap over tall buildings, and they may not have super-human speed. But these moms construct buildings, fly planes, and make tanks roll. They do all kinds of things to help create a safer world. These superheroes are moms. Military moms. Hero moms.
24) Papa's backpack
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When a soldier has to leave his or her family for extended service, it's an emotional time for all involved. It can be especially confusing and upsetting for children, who long for the comfort and security of a parent's presence. Papa's Backpack honors the bond between a parent/soldier and a child, and acknowledges the difficult and emotional process of separation during deployment. A young bear cub dreams of accompanying Papa when he leaves on a...
26) Night catch
Author
Language
English
Description
"When a soldier's work takes him halfway around the world, he enlists the help of the North Star for a nightly game of catch with his son"--
27) Woods runner
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes.
28) Lady Friday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 5
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Young Arthur Penhaligon must weigh an offer from Lady Friday that is either a cunning trap for the Rightful Heir or a golden opportunity that he must seize.
29) Kindling
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After the war is over, seven outlawed kindlings--elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives--must confront their pasts, their trauma and their grim fates to reclaim who they once were and fight one last time.
30) Hope weavers
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Marisa's father gives her a caterpillar and assures her that if she is patient, the caterpillar will answer her question.
33) Dark Shores
Author
Series
Dark shores volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Told from two viewpoints, Teriana, a sea captain's daughter, and Marcus, a soldier, are compelled by Celendor's tyrranical new ruler to undertake the conquest of the West. Includes glossary.
34) My dad's a hero
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple text introduce young readers to the importance things a soldier does and what makes him a hero.
35) Price of duty
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Hailed as a hero, being considered for a Silver Star, Jake returns to his pro-military hometown and family injured physically and emotionally. Unsure if he can return to active duty, Jake is uncomfortable with the alternative. And he doesn't feel very heroic in the face of all that he witnessed-- the human cost of war. -- adapted from jacket
Author
Series
Umbrella Mouse volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
1944, and London is under attack. Young mouse Pip Hanway's safe and quiet world is turned upside down when her home, umbrella shop James Smith & Sons, is destroyed by a bomb. Orphaned and alone, she must begin a perilous quest to find a new home. But the only way to get there is by joining Noah's Ark, a secret gang of animals fighting with the resistance in France, operating beneath the feet of the human soldiers. Danger is everywhere and as the enemy...
37) Walking wounded
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck were best friends at home and in Vietnam, but now Rudi has been killed in action, and the remaining three are the only ones who know the truth about their friend's death--and the knowledge threatens to tear them apart.
38) Free-fire zone
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Rudi is a newly drafted United States Marine in Vietnam, and he likes being part of a squad--but the way some of his fellow soldiers behave toward their officers, the Vietnamese, and the war itself, is starting to trouble him.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Realizing that his future lies in owning land, not just being free, a young man raised as a slave becomes a buffalo soldier--a member of an all-black cavalry regiment formed to protect white settlers from Indians, bandits, and outlaws, and that later fought in the Spanish American War. Includes historical note.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Jess and her friends establish the Order of the Oleander to collect supplies for an orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, where two of their parents are deployed, but when disaster strikes and many blame the Order, Jess must find a way to go on.
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