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1) Home front
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"From a distance, Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid marriage, two exciting careers, and children they adore. But after twelve years together, the couple has lost their way; they are unhappy and edging toward divorce. Then the Iraq war starts. An unexpected deployment will tear their already fragile family apart, sending one of them deep into harm's way and leaving the other at home, waiting for news. When the worst happens,...
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Starts With Us, an imprint of Pivotal Publishing
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[2020]
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English
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"Young boys and girls find ways to manage their feelings about deployment (from goodbyes, to the first night, to missed birthdays) as they eagerly await their fathers' return. Through the support of family and friends, care packages, and calls, these children grow strong with the knowledge of what it means to serve and generate pride from within that makes glorious reunions all the more sweet by book's end"--Back cover.
3) Loving Meg
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Camerons of Tide's Way volume Bk. 2
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English
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Will he forgive her moment of weakness?
After a year of deployment, Marine lieutenant Meg Cameron returns to Tide's Way tormented by guilt over the kiss she shared with her commanding officer as he comforted her after the death of a military dog. Her husband, Ben, is the love of her life. What will he think when she confesses? Ben Cameron is just happy that his brave, beautiful wife is safely home with him and their young sons. Everything seems fine--at...
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Twenty years as an army brat and Ember Howard knew, too. The soldiers at the door meant her dad was never coming home. What she didn't know was how she would find the strength to singlehandedly care for her crumbling family when her mom falls apart. Then Josh Walker enters her life. Hockey star, her new next-door neighbor, and not to mention the most delicious hands that insist on saving her over and over again. He has a way of erasing the pain with...
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1943: When seventeen-year-old Juliet Dufresne receives a cryptic letter from her enlisted brother and then discovers that hes been reported missing in action, she lies about her age and travels to the front lines as an army nurse, determined to find him. Shy and awkward, Juliet is thrust into the bloody chaos of a field hospital, a sprawling encampment north of Rome where she forges new friendships and is increasingly consumed by the plight of her...
7) Whatshisface
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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Twelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family has moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.
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"Brye is a mom to four military officers, and for more than a decade she's endured countless teary goodbyes, sparse communication from boot camps and training summers, deployments, emotional airport reunions, empty chairs at Thanksgiving dinners, and sleepless hours waiting for phone calls in the night. She's navigated the complicated tangle of emotions--pride, worry, fear, hope, and deep, enduring love--that accompanies life as a military mom. In...
9) Hero
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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"Hero, a retired police search-and-rescue dog, is not prepared for a stray puppy to come into his life. But when he and twelve-year-old Ben find Scout injured and afraid, the new addition leads them down an unexpected and dangerous path. When Scout goes missing, it's up to Hero to use his search-and-rescue skills to find Scout and bring him home. Get ready for a canine adventure full of danger, loyalty, and the unbreakable bond between a boy and his...
10) Navy families
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"Sheltered Hannah Raymond hopes that love will follow when she marries the father of her unborn child, seaman Riley Murdock, and Shana Berrie finds herself butting heads with her niece's godfather, Lieutenant Commander Adam Kennedy."--Publisher's description.
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This season, discover the magic of two classic heartwarming stories and the message of love and giving at Christmas! Christmas Letters: Katherine O'Connor spends her days at a cozy caf w̌riting Christmas letters for other people. She's good at making their everyday lives sound more interesting. But for renowned child psychologist Dr. Wynn Jeffries, who also frequents the caf,̌ Christmas means deception. Katherine argues with Wynn about his theories...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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"Scout, once a stray puppy with a troubled past, is joining the National Guard! When a terrifying flash flood hits town, Scout and his new owner, twelve-year-old Matt, team up to survive the dangerous rising water and lead victims to safety. But when they try to rescue Matt's sister, they learn that bravery is only one part of being a hero."-- Back cover.
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"From Beau Wise and Tom Sileo comes Three Wise Men, an incredible memoir of family, service and sacrifice by a Marine who lost both his brothers in combat--becoming the only "Sole Survivor" during the war in Afghanistan. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, three brothers by blood became brothers in arms when each volunteered to defend their country. No military family has sacrificed more during the ensuing war, which has become the longest ever fought...
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