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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
NC 740L
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English
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Now a major motion picture, this movie novelization tells the story of a canine hero. When Justin's older brother, Kyle, is killed in Afghanistan, Justin can't believe that his brother is really gone. Except there's one thing that Kyle left behind.... Max is a highly trained military canine who has always protected his fellow soldiers. But when he loses his handler and best friend, Kyle, Max is traumatized and unable to remain in the service. He is...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
870L
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English
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When her father goes to fight in World War II, Elizabeth goes with her mother and sister to her grandfather's house where she learns to face up to the always puzzling and often cruel realities of the adult world.
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Darren and Heather Turner share a passion for serving God, family and country. When Darren is deployed to Iraq as an army chaplain, Heather vows to serve military families back home as she cares for the couple's three young children. Darren knows he's overseas to support the troops in their suffering as their chaplain. What he doesn't know is how he will get through his own dark moments. And as communication from Darren dwindles, Heather wonders what...
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Capt. Paul Terry, one of the army's most accomplished young lawyers, must defend Brian McCarran, a general's son who recently returned from a harrowing tour in Iraq. In the high-profile court-martial, Terry is joined by Brian's sister, Meg McCarran, who leaves her practice in San Francisco to help save her brother. Before the case is over, Terry will become deeply entwined with Meg and the McCarrans--and learn that families, like war, can break the...
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Marriage Lie comes a riveting exploration of grief and guilt in the wake of one family's shocking loss.
When former DC journalist Abigail Wolff attempts to rehabilitate her career, she finds herself at the heart of a shocking conspiracy involving the death of a soldier in Afghanistan. This loss has unspeakable emotional consequences for the family and as news of what happened comes to light, Abigail...
8) Hero
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Series
Hero (Shotz) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
"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...
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Call me Mrs. Miracle: While working in the toy department of a family-run department store in New York City, Emily Merkle aka. Mrs. Miracle, seizes the opportunity to connect Holly, who is searching for the perfect robot for her nephew, with Jake, the store owner's son.
The Christmas basket: A holiday tale follows the lives of two women who have been feuding for years and their adult children, Noelle and Thomas, who have been in love since childhood...
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"Sixteen-year-old Libby Winters lives in Paradise, a seaside town north of Boston that rarely lives up to its name. After the death of her mother, she lives with her father, Bent, in the middle apartment of their triple decker home--Bent's two sisters, Lucy and Desiree, live on the top floor. A former soldier turned policeman, Bent often works nights, leaving Libby under her aunts' care. Shuffling back and forth between apartments--and the wildly...
11) Standing fast
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Suspected of aiding a serial killer, single dad Chase McLear is desperate to prove his innocence. However, someone's determined for him to be found guilty-and now they're targeting Chase's little girl. Preschool teacher Maisy Lockwood's father was one of the killer's victims, but Maisy believes Chase has been framed. Can Chase's K-9 beagle sniff out the evidence to clear his name before the killer makes them his next victims?
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Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
Description
"When eleven-year-old Ginny Pierce's father gets deployed to Afghanistan just as her family is moving to a new post in Maryland, she tries to salvage a long and lonely summer by running her own geography camp"--
On the last day of fifth grade, super-smart eleven-year-old Ginny learns that her father, who is a military ER doctor, is being deployed to Afghanistan, devastating news because they are already moving to another post in Maryland and Ginny...
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Series
Piper Reed volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
While her father, a Navy Chief, is on ship duty for six months, nine-year-old Piper stays busy with new neighbors, Christmas at a spaceship beach house, a trip to New Orleans, and especially the upcoming Gypsy Club pet show.
15) Loving Meg
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After a year of deployment, Marine Lieutenant Meg Cameron returns tormented by guilt over a kiss she shared with her commanding officer as he comforted her after the death of a military dog. Her husband is the love of her life. What will happen when she confesses? Ben is just happy that his brave, beautiful wife is safely home with him and their young sons. Then the nightmares come and Meg calls out a name that's not his. And she won't talk about...
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Dardan trilogy volume 3
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English
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"Rooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania, where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, Like the Appearance of Horses immerses us in the intimate lives of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great conflicts of the past century. After Bexhet Konar escapes fascist Hungary and crosses the ocean to find Jozef, the man who saved his life in 1919, he falls in love with Jozef's daughter, Hannah, enlists...
17) Hazard
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when an IED blew up--but as his therapy progresses he begins to process what has happened to him and his family, including his father's psychological trauma...
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From the award-winning writer of EASTER ISLAND, comes a powerful story of love, loss, and redemption amidst the ruins of war-torn Italy. 1943: When 17-year-old Juliet Dufresne receives a cryptic letter from her enlisted older brother pleading for help, and then finds out he's been reported missing overseas, she lies about her age and volunteers as an army nurse to find him. Shy and awkward, Juliet is thrust into the bloody chaos of a field hospital,...
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"After finding out her military husband is missing in action, middle sister Sloane's world crumbles as her worst nightmare comes true. She can barely climb out of bed, much less summon the strength to be the parent her children deserve. Her mother, Ansley, provides a much-needed respite as she puts her personal life on hold to help Sloane and her grandchildren wade through their new grief-stricken lives. But between caring for her own aging mother,...
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She is threatened with her most challenging assignment yet, and it has nothing to do with the military. Life is never the same for Kate Langston, working in Security Forces at Scott Air Force Base, IL. She never knows what each day may bring. She and her boyfriend, John Kern, could get sent anywhere in the world at any time, while serving and protecting the country they love. But when tragedy strikes, Kate is devastated, and can barely function. And...
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