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2) Age 14
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
In 1913, twelve-year-old Patrick Condon wants to escape his improverished and unexciting life in Ireland. He pretends to be his older brother, John and joins the army. When World War I begins in 1914, he gets all the action he has been looking for, and more. But how long can this game go on? Based on a true story.
Author
Publisher
Merit Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"After her soldier brother is horribly wounded in Afghanistan, Gabriela must honor the vow she made: If anything ever happened to him, she would walk the Camino de Santiago through Spain, making a pilgrimage in his name. The worst part is that the promise stipulates that she must travel with her brother's best friend--a boy she has despised all her life"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Shuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A young man, injured and home from the war, is lauded as a hero. But he doesn't feel very heroic in the face of all that he witnessed"--
Hailed as a hero, twenty-year-old Jake returns to his pro-military hometown and family injured physically and emotionally, unsure if he can return to active duty but uncomfortable with the alternative.
5) Purple Heart
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
While recuperating in a Baghdad hospital from a traumatic brain injury sustained during the Iraq War, eighteen-year-old soldier Matt Duffy struggles to recall what happened to him and how it relates to his ten-year-old friend, Ali.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. If she prevails, she can reunite a pair of priceless heirloom swords separated decades earlier, and avenge her father, who was paralyzed in his own duel. Then a messenger from the Emperor arrives, demanding that all families send one soldier to fight the Rouran invaders in the north. Mulan's father cannot go. Her brother is just a child....
Author
Series
Come back to me volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Home on leave in sunny California, Marine and local lothario Kit Ryan finds himself dangerously drawn to his best friend's sister, Jessa - the one girl he can't have. But Kit's not about to let a few obstacles stand in his way and soon Jessa's falling for his irresistible charms. What starts out as a summer romance of secret hook-ups and magical first times quickly develops into a passionate love affair that turns both their worlds upside down. When...
Author
Series
Hagenheim volume 9
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson comes a fresh reimagining of the classic Mulan tale. Mulan isn't afraid to pretend to be a son and assume her father's soldier duties in war. But what happens when the handsome son of a duke discovers her secret? Mulan is trying to resign herself to marrying the village butcher for the good of her family, but her adventurous spirit just can't stand the thought. At the last minute, she pretends...
9) Open fire
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
In 1917, Russia is losing the war with Germany, soldiers are deserting in droves, and food shortages on the home front are pushing people to the brink of revolution. Seventeen-year-old Katya is politically conflicted, but she wants Russia to win the war. Working at a munitions factory seems like the most she can do to serve her country-until the government begins recruiting an all-female army battalion. Inspired, Katya enlists. Training with other...
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