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1) Lady Friday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 5
Language
English
Description
Young Arthur Penhaligon must weigh an offer from Lady Friday that is either a cunning trap for the Rightful Heir or a golden opportunity that he must seize.
2) Sir Thursday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 4
Language
English
Description
When Arthur is drafted into the Glorious Army of the Architect by Sir Thursday, he must survive basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front, and figure out how to free Part Four of the Will, while Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppleganger on Earth.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Noor and Farah, searching for food, find themselves in a crumbling library. But when Noor shouts, the sound is heard by three soldiers who patrol the old building. The soldiers are angry and the two girls are scared. That all changes when Noor opens her mouth"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
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
Language
English
Description
When the former Baron Morgarath escaped to avoid punishment for treason, an uneasy peace fell on Araluen. But Morgarath, now in hiding, is already planning his next move, recruiting an army of savage, overpowering beasts known as Wargals. Newly crowned King Duncan knows he must assemble his troops for battle.
7) Spartans
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Spartans. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
9) Back home
Author
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rachel Browning understands that her father will be different after being injured in the Iraq War, but no one is prepared for the impact that his traumatic brain injury and other wounds have on the entire family.
10) Eyes on the goal
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
164 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Middle-schooler Jackson's baseball skills are not of much help when he and his friends go to soccer camp, and while there he learns that his mother's boyfriend has invited them to move into his house, and friend Diego's father is deployed to Afghanistan.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Stephen, an accomplished bugler in the town band, joins the Union effort in the Civil War and endures trial after trial, from battle to Confederate prison and the shipwreck of the steamboat Sultana, and through luck and fortitude, Stephen survives." --
12) A Roman fort
Author
Series
Publisher
P. Bedrick Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
45 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Image keeping a secret for decades. People have always known Ashley Bryan as a celebrated artist, storyteler, writer - a legend. But there was a role Ashley had that almost no one knew: soldier. In 1943, at nineteen years old, Ashley was drafted out of art school and into World War II. During his service he was the technical sergeant with charcoal pencils and paper stuffed into his gas mask; a friend and art teacher to the children of Boston, where...
14) Lost boys
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
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.
15) Allies
Author
Language
English
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Description
It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this...
Author
Series
Dog chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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.
19) Forge
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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