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Children of Military Personnel: Fiction, NF and Graphic Novels
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Updated November 20, 2023
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Pax
Pennypacker, Sara
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller * National Book Award Longlist Finally in paperback! This handsome edition features French flaps. From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful...
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Hedge over heels
McMullen-Ciotti, Elise
Paper Book
Fall hedge over heels for this story of first crushes, friendship drama, and prickly pets! Rayna is used to being the new kid at school. But that doesn't mean she wants to make new friends! Why bother when the military will only reassign her mom again soon anyway? No, the only friend Rayna...
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Hazard
Dowell, Frances O'Roark
Paper Book
A kid filled with rage, suspended from the football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his father, newly home from the war in Afghanistan, reckon with the injuries they've caused to others and themselves in this unflinching middle grade novel in verse about love and forgiveness.
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Forever home
Ayoub, Jenna
Paper Book
Willow's nomadic childhood takes a surprising turn as her military parents bring her to the historic Hadleigh House, where her chances of finding her permanent home aren't looking good when she meets some unexpected occupants--GHOSTS! THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE (A HAUNTED) HOME....
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Ginny off the map
Hickey, Caroline
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Kirkus Reviews * CCBC * Reading Middle Grade ★ "Delightful ... It's hard to write with such simple authenticity: The world needs more stories like this." --Kirkus...
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AWOL
Lesage, Marla
Paper Book
Key Selling Points A middle-reader graphic novel about a military family coping with the effects of PTSD. The visual format explores the complicated issues of trauma and mental health in a safe, accessible manner. From the author of the successful pandemic picture...
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The owls have come to take us away
Smith, Ronald L.
Paper Book
In this delightfully creepy novel from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Ronald L. Smith, twelve-year-old Simon thinks he was abducted by aliens. But is it real, or just his over-active imagination? Perfect for fans of Mary Downing Hahn and Louis Sachar.
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Whatshisface
Korman, Gordon
Paper Book
A fun, funny ghost story about a nobody kid who becomes a somebody while helping a ghost right a wrong from the past.Cooper Vega's family moves so often that he's practically invisible at any school he attends. Now they've relocated to the town of Stratford -- where nobody even makes an effort to...
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Come home soon : a first look at when a parent goes to war
Thomas, Pat.
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This new title in Barron's A First Look At series encourages kids of preschool through early school age to understand and overcome problems that might trouble them in social and family relationships. Written by an experienced psychotherapist and counselor on a level that is always...
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Brave like me
Kerley, Barbara
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When someone is serving our country, far from home, everyone in their family has to be brave. Including -- and sometimes especially -- the kids. This book speaks to all kids in this situation in telling the story of a boy and a girl with parents away on duty. It captures the children's worries,...
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