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22) Soldier boy
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Follows Ricky from 1987-1991, and Samuel in 2006, as they are abducted to serve as child-soldiers in Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. Includes historical notes and information about Friends of Orphans, an organization founded by Ricky Richard Anywar, on whose life the story is partly based.
Author
Series
Tiger at midnight volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2020]
Language
English
Description
For Kunal and Esha, finally working together as rebels, the upcoming Sun Mela provides the perfect guise for infiltrating King Vardaan's vicious court. Kunal returns to his role as dedicated soldier, while Esha uses her new role as adviser to Prince Harun to seek allies for their rebel cause. Getting into the palace was the easy task; coming out together will be a battle for their lives.
24) Papa's backpack
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
A bear cub understands that because Papa's a soldier, he sometimes must go, but imagines what it'd be like to stay near by riding in Papa's backpack.
25) Gorilla dawn
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Imara and Bobo, two children being held by rebel soldiers, are determined to return a captive baby gorilla back to the forest before it is sold.
27) The enemy
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
After watching an enemy for a very long time during an endless war, a soldier finally creeps out into the night to the other man's hole and is surprised by what he finds there.
28) Secret soldiers
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
In 1917, Thomas, a thirteen-year-old coal miner seeking his missing brother, James, joins the Claykickers, who tunnel beneath the battlefields of the Western Front as they learn to be men.
30) The tinderbox
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
With the help of a magic tinderbox, a soldier finds a fortune and pursues a princess imprisoned in a castle.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is...but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera--a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop. Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera...or...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
While trying to outwit the soldiers who are occupying their small town, fourteen-year-old Daniel, who cannot lie, and Emily, who discovers she has magical powers, are inexplicably drawn to a mysterious island in the heart of the forest where townsfolk have been warned never to go.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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World War I Collection Spotlight - Books for Children
World War I Collection Spotlight - Christmas Truce
World War I Collection Spotlight - Christmas Truce
Description
In 1914 France, a British soldier writes to his mother about the strange events of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, when German and Allied soldiers met on neutral ground to share songs, food, and fun. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Author
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Rowan is about to become one of the famed Leonodai Warriors--the elite shapeshifting fighters who protect the floating city Heliana from the world of Men--but when disaster strikes the city's children, Rowan sets out on her own, risking everything to save her beloved city"--OCLC.
37) Lost boys
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1982 Iran, twelve-year-old Reza is more interested in music than war, but enlists in obedience to his devout mother and soon finds himself in a prison camp in Iraq.
Author
Series
Dog chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Description
In Cosham, England, in 1917, Darling, a mischievous collie, must leave the children who love her when she is chosen for training as a mercy dog, seeking out injured soldiers on the battlefield and leading medics to them.
39) Ignite me
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won't keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world ... but that's not all he wants with...
40) Rogue
Author
Series
Talon saga volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Ember Hill, a member of the dragon organization Talon, along with rebel dragon Cobalt and his crew of rogues, sets out to rescue Garret Xavier Sebastian, a soldier of the dragonslaying Order of St. George, the boy who saved Ember from a Talon assassin. A reckoning's brewing-- and the secrets hidden by both sides are shocking and deadly.
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