Fiction
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Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes |
Two
young men, a German and an American, train during World War II,
then meet on the battlefield. 162 pages (F HUG Bestseller Section) |
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This book was interesting in the way it was written. It was also very exciting and kept me on the edge of my seat. I would recommend this book to the appropriate reading level. -M.F.
This book is very good, interesting, and informational. It also tells how kids might have felt during wartime.-Kevin O'Brien, class of 2009
This book made me want to keep on reading.
-Luis Gilbert Ramos, class of 2009
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Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen (author of Hatchet Series) |
A
16-year-old goes off to battle during the Civil War and learns what
it means to be a soldier. 106 pages. (F PAU Bestseller Section) |
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Short, but sweet. One of the better books I read in spite of its lack of pages. It made up for mass with density. -K.B.
Great, easy-to-read war story. Keeps the action coming. We can relate to this book because it is told by a 16-year-old. -J.N.
The book was well-written and the way it told the story, it seemed very life-like. I recommend this book for others. -Anonymous
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Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo |
14-year-old
Thomas decides to join the British Army during World War I to prove
himself to his country, his family, his girlfriend, and himself.
(F MOR) |
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers |
Seventeen-year-old
Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the
Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active
duty in Vietnam. 309 pages. (F MYE) |
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Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara |
Civil
War novel traces the lives, passions, and careers of military leaders
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua
Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee, who all meet on the same battlefield
for the first time at Fredericksburg, where they experience the
battle from four very different points of view. 389 pages. (F SHA) Prequel to The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. |
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Amaryllis by Craig Crist-Evans |
Jimmy
and his older brother Frank share a love of surfing and their problems
with a drunken father, until Frank turns eighteen and goes to Vietnam.
184 pages. (F CRI) |
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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien |
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stories of the things men carried with them during their term of
active duty in Vietnam during the war. 246 pages. (F O'BR) |
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And in the Morning by John Wilson |
| Canadian Jim Hay joins the army in World War I and is sent to France where he meets a tragic end. 197 pages. (F WIL) | |
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Search and Destroy by Dean Hughes |
Recent
high school graduate Rick Ward, undecided about his future and eager
to escape his unhappy home life, joins the army and experiences
the horrors of the war in Vietnam. 216 pp. (F HUG Bestseller Section) |
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Flames of the Tiger by John Wilson |
Dieter
grows to be a young man in Germany believing in the pronouncements
and policies of Hitler and the Nazis, but as World War II intensifies
and he is called upon to fight for his country, Dieter begins to
question everything he once believed. 176 pages (F WIL) |
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An Innocent Soldier
by Joseph Holub |
A
sixteen-year-old farmhand is tricked into fighting in the Napoleonic
Wars by the farmer for whom he works, who secretly substitutes him
for the farmer's own son. |
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque |
| Depicts
the experiences of a group of young German soldiers fighting and
suffering during the last days of World War I. 248 pages (F REM) |
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