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Linger Linger M. E. Kerr When his older brother suddenly joins the army and is sent to the Persian Gulf, sixteen-year-old Gary begins to take a new look at the restaurant that has been the focal point of his family and their… OL108479W
Under the persimmon tree Under the persimmon tree Suzanne Fisher Staples During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at… OL115620W
The Orange Houses The Orange Houses Paul Griffin Meet Tamika Sykes - Mik to her friends (if she had any). She's hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks for… OL12375447W
Destiny's path Destiny's path Frewin Jones Her destiny must be fulfilled . . .Ranwen refuses to take orders from anyone-even the Shining Ones, the ancient gods whose power is feared throughout the land. They want her as their Chosen One, dest… OL14932943W
Star Wars Junior - Droid to the Rescue Star Wars Junior - Droid to the Rescue Gail Herman R2-D2 is a helper droid who works on Queen Amidala's Royal Starship. When the Queen is suddenly in danger, R2 must save the day! R2-D2 must repair the Queen's ship and help his new friend Anakin f… OL14935224W
Forest Forest Janet Taylor Lisle Twelve-year-old Amber's invasion of an organized forest community of squirrels starts a war between humans and beasts, despite the protests of an unconventional and imaginative squirrel named Woodbin… OL15041W
Crossing stones Crossing stones Helen Frost In their own voices, four young people, Muriel, Frank, Emma, and Ollie, tell of their experiences during the first World War, as the boys enlist and are sent overseas, Emma finishes school, and Murie… OL15045443W
General Winston's daughter General Winston's daughter 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… OL15074099W
The Kings of Clonmel The Kings of Clonmel John Flanagan When mankind seeks protection from the world's many dangers, they put their faith in warriors, kings, gods, and even money. In the neighboring kingdom of Clonmel, a mysterious cult has sprung up, … OL15416512W
Goliath (Leviathan #3) Goliath (Leviathan #3) Scott Westerfeld The tension thickens as the Leviathan steams toward New York City with a homicidal lunatic on board: secrets suddenly unravel, characters reappear, and nothing is as it seems in this thunderous concl… OL15946818W
Neversink Neversink Barry Wolverton When owls threaten the puffins' way of life on the small island of Neversink along the Arctic Circle, Lockley J. Puffin, helped by a hummingbird and a walrus, set out to save it. OL15991342W
The FitzOsbornes in exile The FitzOsbornes in exile Michelle Cooper,Michelle Cooper In January 1937, as Sophia FitzOsborne continues to record in her journal, the members of Montmaray's royal family are living in luxurious exile in England but, even as they participate in the social… OL15998728W
The returning The returning Christine Hinwood When the six-year war between the Uplanders and Downlanders is over and Cam returns home to his village, questions dog him, from how he lost an arm to why he was the only one of his fellow soldiers t… OL16484290W
Endure (Need #4) Endure (Need #4) Carrie Jones Zara is at the center of an impending apocalypse. True, she’s successfully rescued Nick from Valhalla, but it simply isn’t enough. Evil pixies are ravaging Bedford, and they need much more than one g… OL16557698W
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
Walking wounded Walking wounded Chris Lynch Best friends Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck all sign up for the Army when one of them is drafted into the Vietnam War, pledging to come home together. The pledge seems broken when one of them is KIA. T… OL17074134W
Elite infantry Elite infantry Carl Bowen Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross is given command of a team of specialists, called the Shadow Squadron, which is tasked with tackling operations that are too tricky and dangerous for the regular milit… OL17697492W
Daughters of ruin Daughters of ruin K. D. Castner As a war begins, four princesses of enemy kingdoms who were raised as sisters must decide where their loyalties lie: to their kingdoms, or to each other. OL17873596W
Skyward Skyward Brandon Sanderson **SPENSA'S WORLD HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK FOR DECADES.** Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she … OL18191919W
Tree Girl Tree Girl Ben Mikaelsen When, protected by the branches of one of the trees she loves to climb, Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants, she vows never to climb a… OL1839866W
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