Troops and Veterans
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Army Dog
When an army dog returns to the United States, he goes on a camping trip with his owner and tries to help him repair his relationship with his daughter.
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D-Day: Battle on the Beach by Kate Messner
Ranger, a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, heads to Normandy on the morning of the D-Day invasion where he meets Leo, a Jewish boy who is hiding with a local farmer, and Walt, a young American soldier fighting to free France from the Nazis.
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Harlem Hellfighters: African-American Heroes of World War I by John Micklos
Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of African American soldiers known as the Harlem Hellfighters, who played an important role in helping the Allies win World War I.
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Hero Dad by Melinda Hardin
A young boy demonstrates that while Dad differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier he is a superhero of a different kind.
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Hero Mom by Melinda Hardin
A child demonstrates that while Mom differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier, she is a hero of a different kind.
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Max: Best Friend, Hero, Marine by Jennifer Shotz
When Justin’s family adopts the military canine that was handled by Justin’s departed brother, Kyle, Justin helps the troubled dog recover from the trauma it suffered in Afghanistan when Kyle was killed as the two investigate how Kyle died.
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Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero by Marissa Moss
A story of a nineteen-year-old woman who disguised herself as a man to avoid an unwanted marriage and who distinguished herself as a male nurse during the Civil War, and later as a spy for the Union Army.
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Stay Where You Are & Then Leave by John Boyne
Four years after his father goes missing while fighting in World War I, Alfie, a young shoe-shine boy at King’s Cross Station, unexpectedly discovers his father in a nearby hospital and is introduced to the phenomenon of shell shock. By the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
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The Aviators
During World War I, a group of carrier pigeons and their mouse friend team up to help a battalion of American soldiers.
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