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The wishing tree
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Mary Redman |
When her father leaves for a deployment, to try to make the waiting easier for herself, Amanda decides to make a wishing tree. Includes instructions and information about wishing trees. |
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Out of the blue
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S. L. Rottman |
After moving to Minot, North Dakota, with his mother, the first female base commander, Air Force dependent Stu Ballentyne gradually becomes aware that something terrible is going on in his neighbor's… |
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General Winston's daughter
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Sharon Shinn |
When seventeen-year-old heiress Averie Winston travels with her guardian to faraway Chiarrin, she looks forward to a reunion with her father, who is a commanding general, seeing her handsome fiance M… |
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When the war never ends
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Leah Wizelman |
"Service members returning from deployment are often suffering from PTSD. Its symptoms include distressing flashbacks, memories and nightmares, aggression, memory problems, physical symptoms, loss of… |
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Along the watchtower
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Constance Squires |
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 … |
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Year of the jungle
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Suzanne Collins,James Proimos |
Suzy spends her year in first grade waiting for her father, who is serving in Vietnam, and when the postcards stop coming she worries that he will never make it home. |
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Off to War
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Deborah Ellis |
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book
Deborah Ellis has been widely praised for her gripping books portraying the plight of children in war-torn countries. Now she turns her atte… |
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The effects of multiple deployments on Army adolescents
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Leonard Wong |
Multiple deployments have become a way of life for our Soldiers. In Army families, these frequent deployments increase the burden on children who must face the stress and strain of separation and anx… |
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Daphne definitely doesn't do dances
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Tami Charles,Marcos Calo |
Learning to dance before the winter ball is thirteen-year-old Annabelle's latest challenge, supplying ample material for her video blog, Daphne Doesn't--even more challenging is coping with the expos… |
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Daphne definitely doesn't do drama
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Tami Charles,Marcos Calo |
Annabelle Louis, military brat and computer nerd, embarks on her second assignment in making friends in middle school trying out for the school play where, despite what she feels is her total lack of… |
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Daphne definitely doesn't do fashion
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Tami Charles,Marcos Calo |
When thirteen-year-old Annabelle's mother gets her to dress up a little, she suddenly finds herself eating and shopping with the Rachael and the other "cool" girls, but also loosing the friends, like… |
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Coming home
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Greg Ruth |
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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Be safe, love mom
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Elaine Lowry Brye |
"Brye is a mom to four military officers, and for more than a decade she's endured countless teary goodbyes, sparse communication from boot camps and training summers, deployments, emotional airport … |
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Lion's pride
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Grace Anne Remey |
Grace Anne is a second grader who has experienced 7 deployments in her young life. In this book, Grace Anne shares her story in her own words. Her story is told from the perspective of an 8 year old … |
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Cryin out
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Chardonnay (Author) |
"The book talks about how I dealt with a four-year-old who could not come to terms with the fact his dad will be gone for a whole year. The book gives an insight into our six-month struggle in how to… |
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Young troopers
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Paige Ramsey-Palmer |
Presents accounts of experiences of soldiers and their families serving on the Western frontier during the latter half of the nineteenth century. |
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Stars on the ceiling
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Geoffrey Norman |
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. |
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The Yokota Officers Club
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Sarah Bird |
"Bernadette "Bernie" Root, military brat, speaks. She has never really noticed what a peculiar bunch of nomads her eight-member Air Force family is (with the exception of her Post Princess sister, Ki… |
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The impossible patriotism project
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Linda Skeers |
Caleb has a hard time coming up with a way to symbolize patriotism for Presidents' Day until he realizes that his dad, who is away from home in the military, is what patriotism is all about. |
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War Boys
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M A Schaffner |
"Philippines, 1968. At the height of the war in Vietnam, 14-year-old Charles Barker arrives at the U.S. Naval Station at Subic Bay with his mother and father, a commander in the Navy. Charles, who as… |
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