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1) War stories
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English
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Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him -- but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a...
3) No slam dunk
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229 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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In Annapolis, Maryland, seventh-grader Wes is a good teammate but this basketball season has been challenging because of his ball hog teammate Dinero, who is determined to steal the spotlight, and Wes's army veteran father who is suffering from PTSD.
7) Wolf Hollow
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291 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran"--
8) Two roads
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English
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It's 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his Pop have been riding the rails for years after losing their farm in the Great Depression. Cal likes being a "knight of the road" with Pop, even if they're broke. But then Pop has to go to Washington, DC -- some of his fellow veterans are marching for their government checks, and Pop wants to make sure he gets his due -- and Cal can't go with him. So Pop tells Cal something he never knew before: Pop...
10) Rolling Thunder
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Told in rhyming text, a boy accompanies his grandfather on the Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, a demonstration in Washington, DC, on Memorial Day that pays tribute to American veterans.
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English
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Tamika, a fifteen-year-old hearing-impaired girl, Jimmi, an eighteen-year-old veteran who stopped taking his antipsychotic medication, and sixteen-year-old Fatima, an illegal immigrant from Africa, meet and connect in their Bronx, New York, neighborhood, with devastating results.
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363 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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English
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Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before -- the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
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283 pages ; 21 cm.
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Español
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"A former official in the Confederate Army, George Macallan has spent more than two years in prison for espionage during the War of Secession -- until an unexpected visit brings a twist of fate. Jasper Daniels, governor of the state of Nebraska, offers him a deal: he'll set Macallan free, but only if he can solve a strange series of murders that's causing panic in the town of Elkhorn. Macallan has no choice but to head towards a destiny as uncertain...
16) Great Falls
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245 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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Shane has always worshiped his big brother, Jeremy. But three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken their toll, and the easy-go-lucky brother Shane knew has been replaced by a surly drunk who carries his loaded 9mm with him everywhere and lives in the basement because he can't face life with his wife and two small children. When Jeremy shows up after Shane's football game and offers to take him to the family cabin overnight, Shane goes along --...
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320 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Longing for his father's approval, thirteen-year-old Rebel Mercer follows him inside a racist, anti-government militia group, but when his father plans an attack on an African-American church, Rebel must make the most important decision in his life.
Thirteen-year-old Rebel Mercer yearns for his father's approval. His dad suffers from PTSD and spends time in their basement communicating with a racist, anti-government militia group called the Flag...
18) La fosa del lobo
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279 pages ; 22 cm
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Español
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Al crecer en las sombras de dos guerras mundiales, Annabelle ha llevado una vida tranquila y estable en su pequęa ciudad de Pensilvania. Hasta el ̕da en que la nueva estudiante Betty Glengarry entra a su clase. Betty ̀rpidamente se revela cruel y manipuladora, y aunque su intimidac̤in parece aislada al principio, las cosas escalan ̀rpidamente, y el solitario veterano de la Primera Guerra Mundial Toby se convierte en el blanco de sus ataques....
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