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Series
Publisher
Entangled Publishing, LLC
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After twenty years as an army brat and Ember Howard knew, too. The soldiers at the door meant her dad was never coming home. What she didn't know was how she would find the strength to singlehandedly care for her crumbling family when her mom falls apart. Then Josh Walker enters her life. Hockey star, her new next-door neighbor, and not to mention the most delicious hands that insist on saving her over and over again. He has a way of erasing the...
4) Coming home
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Follows the emotions of a young boy as he waits at an airport for a family member to return home from serving in the military.
Author
Series
Publisher
Darby Creek
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Paige struggles with the reintroduction of her mother--and her pain pill habit--into household after she's been deployed numerous times overseas. At first grateful to have her home, Paige grows resentful and begins to rebel"--
7) AWOL
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this graphic novel for middle readers, everyone in eleven-year-old Leah's family is affected by her father's PTSD."--
Author
Publisher
Mario Ybarra, Jr
Pub. Date
©2016
Language
English
Description
Maria, age seven, is unhappy because her father is gone for long periods of time. She is confused why other children have their fathers at all times and she doesn't. A bulletin board with photographs honoring veterans in Maria's classroom helps her understand that her father is a soldier. Various adults in Maria's life explain the importance of her father's work. When he finally returns home, they visit a military cemetery on Memorial Day and Maria...
9) Walls
Author
Publisher
Algonquin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the days before the treacherous overnight raising of the Berlin Wall, teenaged cousins Drew, an American army brat in West Berlin, and Matthias, a young communist in East Berlin, become wary friends on opposite sides of the Cold War. Interspersed throughout the story are captioned photographs from the era.
10) Army brats
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When the Bailey family moves into an army base in Virginia there are a lot of adjustments to make; twelve-year-old Tom runs afoul of the base school bully, ten-year-old Charlotte finds herself trying too hard to make friends with the "cool" girls, and six-year-old Rosie is just being difficult as usual--but they come together to investigate a mysterious building full of weird cages, and uncover Fort Patrick's secrets.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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On the last day of fifth grade, super-smart eleven-year-old Ginny learns that her father, who is a military ER doctor, is being deployed to Afghanistan, devastating news because they are already moving to another post in Maryland and Ginny depends on her father to help her manage her obsessions, panic attacks and general meltdowns; one of her obsessions is geographical facts, and somehow Ginny hopes to use her geographical knowledge to overcome her...
Author
Series
Airi Sano Prankmaster General volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's the spring semester, and Airi Sano is on top of the world! Her grades are up, she has real friends at her side, and she's joined the school play. She's even keeping out of trouble and toning down the pranks! But when the play falls victim to some truly awful pranks, everyone immediately suspects that Airi is behind them. As suspicion mounts, it's up to her to solve the mystery and clear her own name before the imposter strikes again. Sounds like...
13) Little dreamer
Author
Publisher
NyreePress Literary Grioup
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"There is nothing in the world that Lani wants more than to have her dad return home from his deployment. Her dad is in the Navy, and she has been waiting many months for him to come home. Every night when she goes to bed, she dreams about things that mean the most to her, especially seeing her dad. She wakes up every morning expecting her beautiful dream to be a reality, but she ends up sad and disappointed. This always leaves her asking, "WHY ARE...
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