41 books in Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Military & Wars
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Hero on a Bicycle
Written by Shirley Hughes
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.99
In her first novel, beloved author Shirley Hughes presents a World War II adventure proving that in extraordinary circumstances, people are capable of extraordinary things.
Italy, 1944: Florence is occupied by Nazi forces. The Italian resistance movement has not given up hope, though — and neither have thirteen-year- old Paolo and his... Read more >
Written by Shirley Hughes
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.99
In her first novel, beloved author Shirley Hughes presents a World War II adventure proving that in extraordinary circumstances, people are capable of extraordinary things.
Italy, 1944: Florence is occupied by Nazi forces. The Italian resistance movement has not given up hope, though — and neither have thirteen-year- old Paolo and his... Read more >
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Life: An Exploded Diagram
Written by Mal Peet
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $8.99
Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet ignites an epic tale of young love against the dramatic backdrop of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Can love survive a lifetime? When working-class Clem Ackroyd falls for Frankie Mortimer, the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy local landowner, he has no hope that it can... Read more >
Written by Mal Peet
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $8.99
Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet ignites an epic tale of young love against the dramatic backdrop of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Can love survive a lifetime? When working-class Clem Ackroyd falls for Frankie Mortimer, the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy local landowner, he has no hope that it can... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Maggot Moon
Written by Sally Gardner
Illustrated by Julian Crouch
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $16.99
In Sally Gardner’s stunning novel, set in a ruthless regime, an unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing.
What if the football hadn’t gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man... Read more >
Written by Sally Gardner
Illustrated by Julian Crouch
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $16.99
In Sally Gardner’s stunning novel, set in a ruthless regime, an unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing.
What if the football hadn’t gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man... Read more >
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Neversink
Written by Barry Wolverton
Read by Emrhys Cooper
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $40.00
Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, whose jagged cliffs and ice-gouged rocks are home to a colony of odd-looking seabirds called auks, including one Lockley J. Puffin. With their oceanfront views and plentiful supply of fish, the auks have few concerns—few, save for Lockley’s two best friends... Read more >
Written by Barry Wolverton
Read by Emrhys Cooper
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $40.00
Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, whose jagged cliffs and ice-gouged rocks are home to a colony of odd-looking seabirds called auks, including one Lockley J. Puffin. With their oceanfront views and plentiful supply of fish, the auks have few concerns—few, save for Lockley’s two best friends... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Neversink
Written by Barry Wolverton
Read by Emrhys Cooper
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $20.00
Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, whose jagged cliffs and ice-gouged rocks are home to a colony of odd-looking seabirds called auks, including one Lockley J. Puffin. With their oceanfront views and plentiful supply of fish, the auks have few concerns—few, save for Lockley’s two best friends... Read more >
Written by Barry Wolverton
Read by Emrhys Cooper
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $20.00
Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, whose jagged cliffs and ice-gouged rocks are home to a colony of odd-looking seabirds called auks, including one Lockley J. Puffin. With their oceanfront views and plentiful supply of fish, the auks have few concerns—few, save for Lockley’s two best friends... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD.
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Personal Effects
Written by E.M. Kokie
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $16.99
After his older brother dies in Iraq, Matt makes a discovery that rocks his beliefs about strength, bravery, and honor in this page-turning debut.
Ever since his brother, T.J., was killed in Iraq, Matt feels like he’s been sleepwalking through life — failing classes, getting into fights, and avoiding his dad’s lectures... Read more >
Written by E.M. Kokie
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $16.99
After his older brother dies in Iraq, Matt makes a discovery that rocks his beliefs about strength, bravery, and honor in this page-turning debut.
Ever since his brother, T.J., was killed in Iraq, Matt feels like he’s been sleepwalking through life — failing classes, getting into fights, and avoiding his dad’s lectures... Read more >
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After Eli
Written by Rebecca Rupp
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $15.99
When Daniel’s brother Eli is killed at war, Daniel considers the history of unusual fatalities to determine what makes a death — or a life — matter.
Some people die heroically, others accidentally. When Daniel Anderson’s older brother dies, he wonders which category Eli’s death falls into. In an attempt to understand... Read more >
Written by Rebecca Rupp
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $15.99
When Daniel’s brother Eli is killed at war, Daniel considers the history of unusual fatalities to determine what makes a death — or a life — matter.
Some people die heroically, others accidentally. When Daniel Anderson’s older brother dies, he wonders which category Eli’s death falls into. In an attempt to understand... Read more >
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Life: An Exploded Diagram
Written by Mal Peet
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $17.99
Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet ignites an epic tale of young love against the dramatic backdrop of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Can love survive a lifetime? When working-class Clem Ackroyd falls for Frankie Mortimer, the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy local landowner, he has no hope that it can... Read more >
Written by Mal Peet
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $17.99
Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet ignites an epic tale of young love against the dramatic backdrop of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Can love survive a lifetime? When working-class Clem Ackroyd falls for Frankie Mortimer, the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy local landowner, he has no hope that it can... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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400 BC: The Story of the Ten Thousand
A Graphic Novel
Written by Lewis Helfand
Illustrated by Lalit Kumar Singh
Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $9.99
Fortune favors the bold...
They were an unstoppable force, hired to take the crown from the King of Persia. They were a fearless army of Greek soldiers, and one hundred thousand men fighting as one. They were led by the finest and most courageous generals in all of Greece. They were being... Read more >
A Graphic Novel
Written by Lewis Helfand
Illustrated by Lalit Kumar Singh
Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $9.99
Fortune favors the bold...
They were an unstoppable force, hired to take the crown from the King of Persia. They were a fearless army of Greek soldiers, and one hundred thousand men fighting as one. They were led by the finest and most courageous generals in all of Greece. They were being... Read more >
Soldier's Heart
Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
Written by Gary Paulsen
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Price: $5.99
Gary Paulsen introduces readers to Charley Goddard in his latest novel, Soldier's Heart. Charley goes to war a boy, and returns a changed man, crippled by what he has seen. In this captivating tale Paulsen vividly shows readers the turmoil of war through one boy's eyes and one boy's heart, and gives a... Read more >
Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
Written by Gary Paulsen
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Price: $5.99
Gary Paulsen introduces readers to Charley Goddard in his latest novel, Soldier's Heart. Charley goes to war a boy, and returns a changed man, crippled by what he has seen. In this captivating tale Paulsen vividly shows readers the turmoil of war through one boy's eyes and one boy's heart, and gives a... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
paperback.
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The Ransom of Mercy Carter
Written by Caroline B. Cooney
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $6.99
Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and... Read more >
Written by Caroline B. Cooney
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $6.99
Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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The Ransom of Mercy Carter
Written by Caroline B. Cooney
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $8.99
Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and... Read more >
Written by Caroline B. Cooney
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $8.99
Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and... Read more >
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Bloodline Rising
Written by Katy Moran
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $16.99
A story of loyalties tested, secrets exposed, and one boy’s search for identity amid the tangled political intrigue and deception of the Dark Ages.
A young thief known as "the Ghost" roams seventh-century Constantinople, tangling in political feuds and petty theft, using his eerie gifts of persuasion and stealth. With his father... Read more >
Written by Katy Moran
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $16.99
A story of loyalties tested, secrets exposed, and one boy’s search for identity amid the tangled political intrigue and deception of the Dark Ages.
A young thief known as "the Ghost" roams seventh-century Constantinople, tangling in political feuds and petty theft, using his eerie gifts of persuasion and stealth. With his father... Read more >
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Stones for My Father
Written by Trilby Kent
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $19.95
Written by Trilby Kent
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $19.95
Corlie Roux’s farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the very raindrops sizzle. When her beloved father dies, she is left with a mother who is as devoted to her sons...
Read more >
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eBook.
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Stones for My Father
Written by Trilby Kent
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $10.99
Written by Trilby Kent
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $10.99
Corlie Roux’s farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the very raindrops sizzle. When her beloved father dies, she is left with a mother who is as devoted to her sons...
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Day of the Assassins
A Jack Christie Adventure
Written by Johnny O'Brien
Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2010
Price: $6.99
"Within the first suspenseful pages, readers will find an engaging historical/science fiction tale that has intrigue, danger, and a little romance. . . . From an explosive escape out of captivity to a muchanticipated scene that decides the fate of World War I, the end of the book has plenty of... Read more >
A Jack Christie Adventure
Written by Johnny O'Brien
Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2010
Price: $6.99
"Within the first suspenseful pages, readers will find an engaging historical/science fiction tale that has intrigue, danger, and a little romance. . . . From an explosive escape out of captivity to a muchanticipated scene that decides the fate of World War I, the end of the book has plenty of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The General
Written by Jane Charters
Illustrated by Michael Foreman
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $16.99
Can a general who was once ruthless learn to spread peace and love? A stunning new edition of Michael Foreman’s debut picture book.
There once was a general who fell off his horse, only to discover the beauty of flowers and nature. From that day on, he vowed to change the world... Read more >
Written by Jane Charters
Illustrated by Michael Foreman
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $16.99
Can a general who was once ruthless learn to spread peace and love? A stunning new edition of Michael Foreman’s debut picture book.
There once was a general who fell off his horse, only to discover the beauty of flowers and nature. From that day on, he vowed to change the world... Read more >
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II
The Kingdom on the Waves
Written by M.T. Anderson
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $11.99
Sequel to the National Book Award Winner!
"A novel of the first rank, the kind of monumental work Italo Calvino called ‘encyclopedic’ in the way it sweeps up history into a comprehensible and deeply textured pattern." — THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Fearing a death sentence, Octavian and his tutor, Dr. Trefusis... Read more >
The Kingdom on the Waves
Written by M.T. Anderson
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $11.99
Sequel to the National Book Award Winner!
"A novel of the first rank, the kind of monumental work Italo Calvino called ‘encyclopedic’ in the way it sweeps up history into a comprehensible and deeply textured pattern." — THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Fearing a death sentence, Octavian and his tutor, Dr. Trefusis... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion
Written by Jane Barclay
Illustrated by Renne Benoit
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $18.95
Much has been written about war and remembrance, but very little of it has been for young children. As questions come from a young grandchild, his grandpa talks about how, as a very young man, he was as proud as a peacock in uniform, busy as a beaver on his Atlantic... Read more >
Written by Jane Barclay
Illustrated by Renne Benoit
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $18.95
Much has been written about war and remembrance, but very little of it has been for young children. As questions come from a young grandchild, his grandpa talks about how, as a very young man, he was as proud as a peacock in uniform, busy as a beaver on his Atlantic... Read more >
Other Echoes
Written by Adele Geras
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $10.99
Eighteen-year-old Flora is recovering from “nervous exhaustion” in the sanatorium at her boarding school. She is supposed to rest. But the rest brings back her childhood memories of living in Borneo, where she encountered people and events shaped by the tragedies of the Second World War, when the island was occupied... Read more >
Written by Adele Geras
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $10.99
Eighteen-year-old Flora is recovering from “nervous exhaustion” in the sanatorium at her boarding school. She is supposed to rest. But the rest brings back her childhood memories of living in Borneo, where she encountered people and events shaped by the tragedies of the Second World War, when the island was occupied... Read more >
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War Is...
Soldiers, Survivors and Storytellers Talk about War
Edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $6.99
In a provocative anthology, two editors with opposing viewpoints present
an unflinching collection of works refl ecting on the nature of war.
Marc Aronson thinks war is inevitable. Patty Campbell thinks war is cruel, deceptive, and wrong. But both agree on one thing: that teens need to hear the truthful voices of those... Read more >
Soldiers, Survivors and Storytellers Talk about War
Edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $6.99
In a provocative anthology, two editors with opposing viewpoints present
an unflinching collection of works refl ecting on the nature of war.
Marc Aronson thinks war is inevitable. Patty Campbell thinks war is cruel, deceptive, and wrong. But both agree on one thing: that teens need to hear the truthful voices of those... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Lord of the Nutcracker Men
Written by Iain Lawrence
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $5.99
Ten-year-old Johnny eagerly plays at war with the army of nutcracker soldiers his toymaker father whittles for him. He demolishes imaginary foes. But in 1914 Germany looms as the real enemy of Europe, and all too soon Johnny’s father is swept up in the war to end all wars. He proudly... Read more >
Written by Iain Lawrence
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $5.99
Ten-year-old Johnny eagerly plays at war with the army of nutcracker soldiers his toymaker father whittles for him. He demolishes imaginary foes. But in 1914 Germany looms as the real enemy of Europe, and all too soon Johnny’s father is swept up in the war to end all wars. He proudly... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
The Last Mission
Written by Harry Mazer
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $6.99
In 1944, as World War II is raging across Europe, fifteen-year-old Jack Raab dreams of being a hero. Leaving New York City, his family, and his boyhood behind, Jack uses a false I.D. and lies his way into the U.S. Air Force.
From their base in England, he and his crew fly twenty-four treacherous bombing missions over occupied Europe... Read more >
Written by Harry Mazer
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $6.99
In 1944, as World War II is raging across Europe, fifteen-year-old Jack Raab dreams of being a hero. Leaving New York City, his family, and his boyhood behind, Jack uses a false I.D. and lies his way into the U.S. Air Force.
From their base in England, he and his crew fly twenty-four treacherous bombing missions over occupied Europe... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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Eyes of the Emperor
Written by Graham Salisbury
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $6.99
Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers.
Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American... Read more >
Written by Graham Salisbury
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $6.99
Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers.
Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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The Winter War: A Novel
Written by William Durbin
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $10.99
When the Soviet Union invades its tiny neighbor Finland in November 1939, Marko volunteers to help the war effort. Even though his leg was weakened by polio, he can ski well, and he becomes a messenger on the front line, skiing in white camouflage through the forests at night. The dark... Read more >
Written by William Durbin
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $10.99
When the Soviet Union invades its tiny neighbor Finland in November 1939, Marko volunteers to help the war effort. Even though his leg was weakened by polio, he can ski well, and he becomes a messenger on the front line, skiing in white camouflage through the forests at night. The dark... Read more >
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