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Macy Hollinquest is eleven years old, and don't count on her to change that anytime soon. Her birthday is just days away, but she has no intention of turning twelve without her dad by her side. He'd promised to be there for her big day, and yet he's been gone for months -- away after his discharge from the army, doing some kind of top secret, "important work." So Macy's staying eleven, no matter what -- that is, until she meets Ginger, a nice older...
4) 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...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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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...
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Set against the closing years of the Cold War, Constance Squires's debut novel introduces the family of Army Major Collins, as told through the eyes of Lucinda Collins-the vibrant, headstrong eldest daughter.
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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...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Natalie, a young girl whose soldier father has deployed to Iraq, tells the reader what life is like for her and her mother in the year that her father is away.
11) Fear: a novel
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
14) Out of the blue
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Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After moving to Minot, North Dakota, with his mother, the new female base commander, Air Force dependent Stu Ballentyne gradually becomes aware that something terrible is going on in his neighbor's house.
16) Coming home
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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.
17) Stars above us
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows 12-year old Clara's mystical journey on Christmas Eve to find her father. He is a captive in a World War II prisoner of war camp. Worried and longing to see her father, she receives unexpected help for the mysterious Drosselmeyer. He befriends Clara and brings her the gift of magic and hope when Clara needs it most.
19) War boys
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Publisher
Welcome Rain Publishers
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 325 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
20) Brave Like Me
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm
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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