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Katie Nash novels volume 1
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English
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On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, Katie hides in her room or...
3) Forever home
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English
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"There's no place like (a haunted) home. Willow has never had a place she can call home. With two parents in the military and a nomadic childhood, finding a place to make her own has become a total pipe dream. And when the family arrives at their latest stop -- the historic Hadleigh House -- Willow encounters something that doesn't help her chances of staying put... GHOSTS! Hadleigh House's spectral occupants have been scaring off would-be residents...
5) Pax
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Pax volume 1
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English
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"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"--
Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter resuced him as a kit. But one day the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's house three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be - with Pax. He strikes out on...
6) Coming home
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English
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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.
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English
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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have impacted the children of soldiers--men and women who have been called away from their families to fight in a faraway war. In their own words, some of these children describe how their experience has marked and shaped their lives.
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On the brink of World War II, a family is forced out of their London home and into the countryside. Wolfie and his older sister Dodo are devastated to leave behind everything they've ever known, but they slowly settle into their new life. One day they come across an orphaned foal, which they raise as Hero, a strong and beautiful horse who lives up to his name when he saves the children from a fire. Wolfie and Dodo find comfort in their new life, but...
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English
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Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
12) Army brats
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English
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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.
13) Hero mom
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Publisher
Amazon Children's Pub
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.
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Lamplighter Publishing; a division of Lamplighter Ministries International, Inc
Pub. Date
2014, �2014
Language
English
Description
The Captain’s Sword is a delightful story about a brother and sister and the lessons they learn as they wait expectantly for the return of their dear daddy, the Captain. Amidst never-ending escapades, important lessons of obedience and faith help Tim and Mops to overcome stubbornness, pride, and fear. While Tim admires his dad’s shiny sword hanging on the wall, he soon learns that it’s the Captain’s other Sword that cuts on the inside to bring...
15) Stars above us
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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A little girl's father helps her get over her fear of the dark before he goes off to war, and she uses the stars they painted on her ceiling to remind her of him while he is away.
18) When duty calls
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Series
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Abidenme Books
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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Three children discover Daddy will leave on deployment. They learn fun ways to deal with separation anxiety and show they care while Dad is gone.
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Airi Sano Prankmaster General volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"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...