Military & Wars

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Cover: A Scarf for Keiko
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A Scarf for Keiko

It's 1942. Sam's class is knitting socks for soldiers and Sam is a terrible knitter. Keiko is a good knitter, but some kids at school don't want anything to do with her because the Japanese… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • ATOS: 2.8
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2019
Cover: Beni's War
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Beni's War

It's Yom Kippur Eve in 1973, and twelve-year-old Beni thinks his biggest problem is settling in at his new school in the Golan, where his family moved at the end of the Six-Day War. But on… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020

Bombs Over London

From the Series Mira's Diary

In the third book of this popular time-travel series, Mira navigates her way through World War I–era London, meeting famous suffragists and writers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Instructed by… Read More →

  • Lexile: 770
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

Buttons For General Washington

From the Series Live Oak Media eReadalong

"In Revolutionary times, spies sent secret messages in clever ways. In this true story, John Darragh, a teenaged spy from a Quaker family, carries a message to General Washington sewn inside Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • ATOS: 2.9
  • Copyright: 2012
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Live Oak Media eReadalong Collection — Live Oak Media eReadalong Set

From the Series Live Oak Media eReadalong

eReadalongs are eBooks integrated with the fully-produced, high-quality audio productions that distinguish Live Oak Media in the field of children's recordings. Read by the most prominent… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2018
  • Live Oak Media eReadalong
  • List Price: $3,504.15
  • Your Price: $3,153.74
  • 117 titles
Cover: Red Menace
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Red Menace

A suspenseful and heartfelt story about an era whose uncertainties, controversies, and dangers will seem anything but distant to contemporary readers. If thirteen-year-old Marty Rafner had… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020

Room for One More

For twelve-year-old Rosetta Wolfson, the war in Europe seems very far off from her home in Canada. Then Mr. Schwartzberg comes to tea and asks Rosetta's parents if they will take in a young… Read More →

  • Lexile: 740
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019
Cover: Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Great Pretender: The True Story of a Civil War Spy
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Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Great Pretender: The True Story of a Civil War Spy

Sarah Emma Edmonds started pretending at a very early age. Her father only wanted sons, so Sarah pretended to be one. Unlike most kids, though, Sarah never really stopped pretending. In 1861, Read More →

  • Lexile: 780
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: 973.7082
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Stubby: A True Story of Friendship
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Stubby: A True Story of Friendship

Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend . . . and a dog. From an army training camp to the trenches in France, this is the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served… Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • ATOS: 4.4
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2019

The Bakehouse

Bert wants nothing more than to be old enough to fight in the war—to handle weapons, defend his country, and have a life filled with adventure. Little does he know that the secrets and danger Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015
Cover: The Six-Day Hero
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The Six-Day Hero

Motti knows that war is coming. Israel is only nineteen years old—the same age as Motti's brave older brother, Gideon—and the tiny country is surrounded by enemies. It's only a matter of time Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

The Spy Who Played Baseball

Moe Berg is not a typical baseball player. He's Jewish—very unusual for the major leagues in the 1930s—has a law degree, speaks several languages, and loves traveling the world. He also… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • Dewey: 796.357092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2018
Cover: The White Zone
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The White Zone

Nouri and his cousin Talib can only vaguely remember a time before tanks rumbled over the streets of their Baghdad neighborhood—when books, not bombs, ruled Mutanabbi Street. War has been the Read More →

  • Lexile: 710
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2012