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Author
Series
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
Picarona
Pub. Date
©2018
Language
Español
Description
La guerra ha terminado y poco a poco el miedo y la tristeza van desprendiendose de los corazones. Los ninos suenan con el regreso de sus padres y madres, enviados a luchar muy lejos de casa. Pero el protagonista de este nuevo album ilustrado de Rino Alaimo no quiere dormir. Pasa las noches mirando el cielo esperando a que cruce una estrella fugaz. Esta convencido de que si se lo pide a una de esas preciosas luces brillantes, su papa volvera sano y...
4) Coming home
Author
Language
English
Formats
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.
5) Forever home
Author
Publisher
KaBOOM!
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Children's Books
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...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"For one young boy and his family at home, the days pass slowly. That's because when your daddy's a soldier and he's away at war, you can't wait for him to come home so you can be together again. This poignant and impactful story, inspired by the author's lived experiences, captures the essence of the daily heartache, fear, joy, and uncertainty that a child whose parent has gone off to war must live with."--
11) Hasta que alguien me escuche: una historia sobre las fronteras, la familia y la misión de una niña
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Spanish edition of the true story of Estela Juarez, a young American girl who writes letters to her local newspaper, to Congress, and even to the President, pleading for someone to listen and reunite her family after her mother's deportation"--
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In front of her followers, Daphne is a hilarious, on-the-rise vlog star. But at school Daphne is the ever-skeptical Annabelle Louis, seventh-grade super geek and perennial new kid. To cope with her mom's upcoming military assignment in Afghanistan and her start at a brand new middle school, Annabelle's parents send her to a therapist. Dr. Varma insists Annabelle try stepping out of her comfort zone, hoping it will give her the confidence to make friends,...
Author
Series
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...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving novel that tells the intertwined stories of an American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man, all of whom are forced to grapple with secrets they kept during and after the Vietnam War.
Author
Series
Donovans volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Diana Donovan was raised aboard a naval ship on a steady diet of war strategy, so when her orphaned friend, Lucy, is denied a perfectly respectable love match by her controlling guardian, Diana sees an opportunity to put her battle knowledge to use in service of a deserving friend. But Marmaduke Russell is not the middle-aged curmudgeon Diana is expecting. He is a maddeningly cool, unmarried gentleman who seems uniquely able to parry her tactics—and...
17) Birdie's bargain
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When ten-year-old Birdie's dad is sent back to Iraq, she makes a deal with God to bring him home safely, while dealing with a new school where she finds it hard to make friends especially when she could use one" --
18) Paks
Author
Publisher
Samokat
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Russian
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Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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...
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