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2) Coming home
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Caleb's class is making projects that represent patriotism to display at Parents' Night. But Caleb can't think of a way to show what patriotism means to him. Besides, his dad can't come because he is away, serving as a soldier. Then when Caleb really starts thinking about what his dad is doing for the country, inspiration finally strikes!
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
7) Hero dad
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy demonstrates that while Dad differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier he is a superhero of a different kind.
8) Pax
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Children's Awards: California Young Reader Medal (Intermediate Grades 3-5)
NYT - Middle Grade Paperback
NYT - Middle Grade Paperback
Description
"From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic, beloved for generations to come. Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's...
9) Hero mom
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The moms in this book are superheroes. They may not leap over tall buildings, and they may not have super-human speed. But these moms construct buildings, fly planes, and make tanks roll. They do all kinds of things to help create a safer world. These superheroes are moms. Military moms. Hero moms.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After something strange happens during a camping trip, twelve-year-old alien-obsessed Simon suspects he has been abducted, but was it real or just his overactive imagination?
Author
Publisher
Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Macy Hollinquest is eleven years old, and don't count on her to change that anytime soon. Her birthday is just days away, but she has no intention of turning twelve without her dad by her side. He'd promised to be there for her big day, and yet he's been gone for months -- away after his discharge from the army, doing some kind of top secret, "important work." So Macy's staying eleven, no matter what -- that is, until she meets Ginger, a nice older...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
On the brink of World War II, a family is forced out of their London home and into the countryside. Wolfie and his older sister Dodo are devastated to leave behind everything they've ever known, but they slowly settle into their new life. One day they come across an orphaned foal, which they raise as Hero, a strong and beautiful horse who lives up to his name when he saves the children from a fire. Wolfie and Dodo find comfort in their new life,...
15) Sometimes love
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When her mother is deployed overseas, a young girl is temporarily parted from her beloved dog"--
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