Teens Celebrating National Veterans and Military Families Month!

Updated October 24, 2025
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The summer I found you
Perry, Jolene B. (Jolene Betty), 1976- author.
Paper Book
Kate's dream boyfriend has just broken up with her and she's still reeling from her diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. Aidan planned on being a lifer in the army and went to Afghanistan straight out of high school. Now he's a disabled young veteran struggling to embrace his new life. ...
The unsung hero of Birdsong, USA
Woods, Brenda (Brenda A.)
Paper Book
The Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author tells the moving story of the friendship between a young white boy and a Black WWII veteran who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South. On Gabriel's twelfth birthday, he gets a new bike--and is so excited that he...
Civilianized a young veteran's memoir
Anthony, Michael, 1986- author.
Paper Book
After twelve months of military service in Iraq, Michael Anthony stepped off a plane, seemingly happy to be home--or at least back on US soil. He was twenty-one years old, a bit of a nerd, and carrying a pack of cigarettes that he thought would be his last. Two weeks later, Michael was stoned on...
Women in the military from drill sergeants to fighter pilots
Goldsmith, Connie, 1945- author.
Paper Book
In December 2015, the Pentagon changed a rule to allow American women to serve for the first time ever in front-line ground combat troops. Women have fulfilled many military roles throughout history, including nursing; driving ambulances; handling administrative duties; working as mechanics; and...
Fly like a girl one woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front
Hegar, Mary Jennings
Paper Book
A Young Readers Edition of a compelling story of courage and triumph, this is the inspiring true story of Major Mary Jennings Hegar--a brave and determined woman who gave her all for her country, her sense of justice, and for women everywhere. On July 29, 2009, Air National Guard...
The making of a Navy SEAL my story of surviving the toughest challenge and training the best
Webb, Brandon.
Paper Book
Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training, to combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, to training some of America's finest and deadliest warriors, Webb offers a rare and riveting look at the inner workings...
Camp Valor
McEwen, Scott
Paper Book
A young adult thriller from Scott McEwan, the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of American Sniper, and Hof Williams. Valor: great courage in the face of danger When Wyatt gets framed for a friend's crime, he thinks his life is over....
If I ever get out of here a novel with paintings
Gansworth, Eric L.
Paper Book
"A heart-healing, mocs-on-the-ground story of music, family and friendship." -- Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize and Rain is Not My Indian Name.Lewis "Shoe" Blake is used to the joys and difficulties of life on the Tuscarora Indian reservation in 1975: the joking, the...

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