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Publisher
Entangled Publishing, LLC
Language
English
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"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...
5) 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
Publisher
Starts With Us, an imprint of Pivotal Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Young boys and girls find ways to manage their feelings about deployment (from goodbyes, to the first night, to missed birthdays) as they eagerly await their fathers' return. Through the support of family and friends, care packages, and calls, these children grow strong with the knowledge of what it means to serve and generate pride from within that makes glorious reunions all the more sweet by book's end"--Back cover
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"--
Author
Series
Airi Sano Prankmaster General volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Airi Sano. After spending her entire childhood moving from one military base to another, she's excited to be settling down for the long-term in Hawai'i. She's less excited about her new teacher, who's determined to make Airi like school. But she's got a plan: prank her teacher so hard that she gives up on even trying to get Airi to do any work-especially any reading. But Mrs. Ashton won't give up, no matter what Airi does. Airi will need the...
Author
Publisher
Brandy Marik
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
In this lighthearted children's book, a little girl named Anna talks to her mom about her daddy being deployed. Deployment is a new experience for this little girl, as it is with many more children every year, and she doesn't like it very much at all.
12) 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...
Publisher
Soundview Media Partners
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Legendary singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson, the son of an Air Force general, leads a heartfelt journey into the strange but interesting life of American military 'brats'. Based on poignant and provocative interviews with adult brats of all ethnicities including General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, this is the first film to explore this peculiar subculture from an insider's perspective.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
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
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Based on many years of experience as a social worker, who has assisted military families experiencing stress, this guide is an excellent tool for allowing children and their loved ones to deal with the many emotions caused by deployment. Illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This poignant novel in verse crystallizes a boy's worries about his father, MIA in Vietnam. His family, new best friend, and a bully unexpectedly all help Jack find the courage to do the right thing, not the easy thing."--Amazon.com.
19) Daddy's boots
Author
Publisher
Lionheart Group Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"It's Boot's task to take Daddy where he's needed, but it's Daddy's job to explain why. Boots say Daddy is getting ready to deploy, but Bean needs to know why Daddy is leaving, what he does while he's away, and why Bean can't go with him. Daddy is a soldier and his boots are preparing to take him away again. If Bean can hide Daddy's boots will Daddy be able to stay? Daddy explains to Bean the many things Daddy's called to do, why his boots sometimes...
20) Brave like me
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"When someone is serving our country, far from home, everyone in their family has to be brave. Including -- and sometimes especially -- the kids. This book speaks to all kids in this situation in telling the story of a boy and a girl with parents away on duty. It captures the children's worries, fears, trials, and triumphs while waiting for their parents to return from service. Although the narrative tells one universal tale, the photographs depict...
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