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Language
English
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Henry Childs is just seventeen when he falls into a love affair so intense it nearly destroys him. To escape the wrath of the young girl's father, Henry joins the Marines, arriving in Korea on the eve of the brutal battle of the Chosin Reservoir-the defining moment of the Korean War. There he confronts an enemy force far beyond the scope of his imagining, but the challenges he meets upon his return home, scarred and haunted, are greater by far.
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4) Hero dad
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child demonstrates that while Dad differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier he is a superhero of a different kind.
5) Dear John
Author
Publisher
Warner Books Large Print
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
John Tyree, home on leave from the Army, meets Savannah Curtis, an upper class, straight-laced college student working with Habitat for Humanity in North Carolina, and although their values conflict, the attraction remains strong until the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. prompt John to re-enlist.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Jonas, the only survivor of his family after the U.S. bombs his Middle Eastern country, relocates to America where he tells a counselor about Christopher Henderson, an American soldier who disappeared after saving him.
10) The absolutist
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1919, twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler travels from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters and to reveal a secret to the sister of Will Bancroft, a fellow soldier of his during World War I.
11) Imagine me
Author
Series
Shatter me volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The explosive finale to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series. Juliette Ferrars. Ella Sommers. Which is the truth and which is the lie? Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong -- between Ella and Juliette -- blur. And with...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
U.S. Army Special Forces Captain Sandy Caine, the latest in an eight-generation line of Caine men to graduate from West Point, teams up with reporter Abigail Mancini in an attempt to find out what really happened to his father, Alex, who put a blot on the family honor when he allegedly cracked under fire in Vietnam.
14) Defy Me
Author
Series
Shatter me volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Juliette and Warner's story continues in the thrilling fifth installment of Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series.Juliette Ferrars isn't who she thinks she is.Nothing in her world is what it seemed. She thought she'd finally defeated the Reestablishment. She thought she'd finally taken control of her life, her power, and her pain. But Juliette has only just begun to unravel a lifetime of lies, and she finds herself faced with...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Delta Force commander Kolt "Racer" Raynor has earned his way back into The Unit, and is about to face his deadliest challenge yet, American al Qaeda commander Daoud al Amriki, and his team of terrorist operatives intend to infiltrate the United States and take down American aircraft.
Author
Publisher
Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When Michael Parson, a navigator, and Sergeant Gold, an Army interpreter, are shot down over Afghanistan while transporting an important Taliban detainee, they are forced to survive amid the dangers of the Taliban, villagers of uncertain allegiance, and an uncooperative prisoner.
17) Birdsong
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1996], c1993
Language
English
Description
Rootless and heartbroken Stephen Wraysford joins the army at the outbreak of World War I. He and his men are given the assignment to tunnel under the German lines and set off bombs. The comaraderie, love, and loyalty of the soldiers contrasts with the horrors of the underground, air, and trench warfare.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Beatrix Hathaway, more comfortable outdoors than in the ballroom, does not believe she will ever be swept away by love, but she proves herself wrong when she takes over the task of writing letters to her flirtatious friend Prudence Mercer's fiancé, Captain Christopher Phelan--a correspondence that develops into a deep, fulfilling relationship with a man who belongs to someone else.
19) March
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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