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Author
Publisher
Viking Children's
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Every school day seems to bring more trouble to eleven-year-old Derek, whose former best friend bullies him, while at home he deals with the long absence of his father, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot, and his mother's sudden moodiness.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Formats
Description
Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.
5) Coming home
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
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.
Author
Publisher
T.A.O. Army Kids Pub
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
A small Christmas tree is chosen by a young girl and her mother to be sent overseas to a soldier (daddy) along with Christmas ornaments and lights. Santa delivers three red, white and blue flags for the tree and daddy and the tree are returned home to the little girl and her mother.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Description
"A little boy who is three years old knows that his daddy is in the Air Force. On one trip, the boy gets to see his daddy get on a military plane and fly away. Days later, when he returns, the boy does not realize how long he has been gone and says something that makes both of his parents laugh. But the boy is so happy to have his family reunited and does not mind that they are laughing."
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
On the last day of fifth grade, super-smart eleven-year-old Ginny learns that her father, who is a military ER doctor, is being deployed to Afghanistan, devastating news because they are already moving to another post in Maryland and Ginny depends on her father to help her manage her obsessions, panic attacks and general meltdowns; one of her obsessions is geographical facts, and somehow Ginny hopes to use her geographical knowledge to overcome her...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Description
"Marie finds herself missing her military family while they are deployed, training, or working longer than normal hours. She explores each of their 'superpowered' roles through her imagination. Overcome with happiness, Marie determines her family members are heroes and becomes proud of the role they play protecting the world. This colorfully engaging book guides children's understanding of their family member's job impact while gently reinforcing...
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