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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Eagle of the Ninth. 1400 Grundwörter. The Eagle of the Ninth. 1400 Grundwörter. Rosemary Sutcliff,C. Walter Hodges A young centurion ventures among the hostile tribes beyond the Roman Wall to recover the eagle standard of the Ninth, a legion which mysteriously disappeared under his father's command. OL1417723W
Phantoms in the snow Phantoms in the snow Kathleen Benner Duble In 1944, fifteen-year-old Noah Garrett, recently orphaned, is sent to live at Camp Hale, Colorado, with an uncle he has never met, and there he finds his pacifist views put to the test. OL15586775W
Shatter Me Shatter Me Tahereh Mafi Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as… OL16014245W
Fighting phantoms Fighting phantoms M. Zachary Sherman Shot down over Viet Nam in 1968, Marine Lieutenant "Candy Man" Donovan must leave his seriously injured best friend behind in enemy territory while he tries to reach their rendezvous point. OL16316425W
If I lie If I lie Corrine Jackson Seventeen-year-old Sophie Quinn becomes an outcast in her small military town when she chooses to keep a secret for her Marine boyfriend who is missing in action in Afghanistan. OL16342408W
Casualties of war Casualties of war Chris Lynch Beck is doing well working as a mechanic in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War until men start dying all around him. Beck starts to worry he's cursed and hopes a long awaited reunion with his … OL16600014W
Free-fire Zone Free-fire Zone Chris Lynch Rudi, drafted by the U.S. Marines for the Vietnam War, feels lost without his three best friends by his side. Through letters back and forth between the friends, Rudi defends the type of soldier he's… OL17076454W
Reboot Reboot Amy Tintera "Seventeen-year-old Wren rises from the dead as a Reboot and is trained as an elite crime-fighting soldier until she is given an order she refuses to follow"-- OL17192887W
The almost girl The almost girl Amalie Howard Riven, a seventeen-year-old soldier from a parallel world, is sent to modern day Earth to find Caden, a brother to the Prince of Neospes. OL17891286W
If you're reading this If you're reading this Trent Reedy For a responsible sixteen-year-old, Michael Wilson has a lot of problems--his father was killed in Afghanistan in 2005, his overworked and overprotective mother will not talk about their situation, a… OL17932109W
Anson's way Anson's way Gary D. Schmidt While serving as a British Fencible to maintain the peace in eighteenth-century Ireland, Anson finds that his sympathy for a hedge master, a teacher devoted to teaching Irish children their forbidden… OL1922920W
Lost boys Lost boys Darcey Rosenblatt 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. OL19713932W
Rogue Rogue Julie Kagawa Unable to forget a human boy's sacrifice on her behalf, Ember resolves to save him from execution and learns unsettling secrets about both sides of the underground battle between Talon and St. George… OL20000174W
Tucky Jo and Little Heart Tucky Jo and Little Heart Patricia Polacco A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and m… OL20007535W
An Uncertain Heart An Uncertain Heart June Tate Belgium, 1917. At a military hospital in Poperinge, close to the horrors of the front line, Sister Helen Chalmers strives tirelessly to save the many injured soldiers brought in from battle. The hard… OL20850067W
Tusk and stone Tusk and stone Bosse, Malcolm J. After a criminal gang attacks his caravan and he loses his identity as a Brahmin, Arjun resigns himself to his new life as a soldier, becomes an elephant driver, and searches for his kidnapped sister. OL2934436W
From Slave to Soldier From Slave to Soldier Deborah Hopkinson A boy who hates being a slave joins the Union Army to fight for freedom, and proves himself brave and capable of handling a mule team when the need arises. OL42613W
The reluctant Rajput The reluctant Rajput Richard Moverley Bhupinder, a schoolboy in a small village in India, learns about Rajasthan and the Rajput warriors who protected that large, magnificent state many years before, then later finds himself helping to d… OL5825692W
The Summer of My German Soldier The Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene,Bette Greene When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, 12-year-old Patty Bergen learns what it means to open her heart. Although she's Jewish, sh… OL894460W