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 treacherou[...]
This trio of finely crafted novellas charts the emotional ties that bind a boy with a dog.176 pp.
December 7, 1941: "A morning like any other, but the events of this day would leave no one untouched."
For Adam, living near Honolulu, this Sunday morning is one he has been looking forward to -- fishing with friends, away from the ever-watchful eyes of his father, a navy lieutenant. Then, righ[...]
After his father is killed in the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Adam moves with his family from Hawaii to California and begins to doubt his relationship with his Japanese-American best friend, Davi Mori, but when Davi calls upon Adam to complete an important task involving his own father at an internmen[...]
After his father's ship is sunk during the invasion of Pearl Harbor, Adam doesn't let his mother stop him from joining up and turns to his grandfather for the necessary signature, yet upon his arrival in Japan and witnessing one of the bloodiest battles ever fought, Adam quickly realizes why his mot[...]
Virtually nothing is known about Sarah Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's older sister. This novel follows the few known facts of the Lincoln family's early life, starting with the Lincolns' move from Kentucky to Indiana when Sarah was nine through their years living in a log cabin, the death of Sarah and A[...]
A soldier returns home from Iraq forever changed in this poignant and pivotal novel from award-winning authors-one a veteran.
Ben lives a charmed life--effortlessly landing the lead in the high school musical, dating the prettiest girl in school. When he decides to enlist in the army, no one thi[...]
A teen soldier returns home from Iraq forever changed in this poignant and pivotal novel that "Kirkus Reviews "calls "as illuminating as a hand grenade, and just as powerful."
Ben lives a charmed life--effortlessly landing the lead in the high school musical, dating the prettiest girl in school.[...]