Military & Wars Books


The Cuckoo Tree (Wolves Chronicles)The Cuckoo Tree (Wolves Chronicles)
Best Price: $80.89
A band of murderers and a ruthless plot are just some of the hazards placed in the path of...
Lord of the Nutcracker Men (Readers Circle)Lord of the Nutcracker Men (Readers Circle)
Best Price: $2.36
Johnny is a ten year old boy growing up during a difficult time. His favorite pastime is ...
When My Name Was KeokoWhen My Name Was Keoko
Best Price: $2.99
When My Name Was Keoko By: Linda Sue Park 199 pp. New York: Yearling. $6.50 Imagine,...
The Journal of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863 (My Name is America)The Journal of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863 (My Name is America)
Best Price: $4.72
I read this to my kids as part of our homeschool curriculum on the Civil War. It is fantastic! ...
Flying Wheel MysteryFlying Wheel Mystery
'Up there it's like you belong, like you're part of something that's been going...


A House Divided: The Lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee (Scholastic Biography)A House Divided: The Lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee (Scholastic Biography)
A dual portrait of the two opposing Civil War leaders describes Lee's aristocratic...
War (Watchers)War (Watchers)
Awards for WATCHERS series: 1999 ALA Quick Picks for Young Adults (Last Stop); 2000 IRA...
Across the LinesAcross the Lines
Twelve-year-old Edward thought of Simon as his friend and never imagined life without his...
Anson's WayAnson's Way
Anson has longed for the day when he would become a soldier like his father, and serve His...
Forgotten Fire (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)Forgotten Fire (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Best Price: $18.40
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. It is 1915 and Vahan, youngest son of one of Turkey's...


The Victory GardenThe Victory Garden
Best Price: $111.65
It?s 1943, and everyone says the war will be over soon?World War II, that is?but Teresa Marks...
Adaline Brotherton: Heroine of ChickamaugaAdaline Brotherton: Heroine of Chickamauga
Best Price: $8.99
Adaline Brotherton played no active role in the Civil War battle of Chickamauga, but she is...
Emil and KarlEmil and Karl
This is a unique work. It is one of the first books written for young readers describing the...
And in the MorningAnd in the Morning
Best Price: $3.97
This novel by John Wilson is set during World War One, when a teenaged boy faces the unexpected...
Ghost of Heroes Past (General Fiction Childrensya)Ghost of Heroes Past (General Fiction Childrensya)
Best Price: $6.95
Thirteen-year-old Johnny Anders is something of a misfit, with no friends and a poor school...

Lili's Gift: A Civil War Healer's Story (American Civil War Adventure)Lili's Gift: A Civil War Healer's Story (American Civil War Adventure)
Best Price: $6.04
Lili's Gift: A Civil War Healer's Story is a chapter book for young adults about a...
An Island Far from Home (Adventures in Time)An Island Far from Home (Adventures in Time)
Best Price: $1.00
This book was a great book. It told what it was like through war when you are a kid. Josh...
El Beisbol Nos Salvo / Baseball Saved Us (Spanish Edition)El Beisbol Nos Salvo / Baseball Saved Us (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $12.27
During World War II, a young Japanese-American boy and his family are sent to an internment camp...
In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders Fields
Best Price: $5.62
Early on Christmas morning the guns stop firing through the ruined landscape. A young soldier...
Cassie: The Girl with the Hero's HeartCassie: The Girl with the Hero's Heart
Best Price: $3.22
I loved this book. It is easy to identify with Cassie. I especially the part at the beginning...

Toliver's Secret (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)Toliver's Secret (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Best Price: $17.20
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. During the Revolutionary War, ten-year-old Ellen Toliver...
An Island Far from Home (Adventures in Time)An Island Far from Home (Adventures in Time)
Best Price: $1.95
The corporal gasped. "I don't know what's going on here boy," the sergeant...
And the Baker's Boy Went to SeaAnd the Baker's Boy Went to Sea
Best Price: $6.76
Vivid characters, edge-of-the-seat tension, a compelling story - AND THE BAKER'S BOY WENT TO...
Drummer DannyDrummer Danny
Best Price: $12.65
In every boy's life there comes a moment when you have to choose between being a scared...
The Boy Allies At JutlandThe Boy Allies At Jutland
Best Price: $26.60
He dodged. But Jack, not realizing the import of Frank's words, remained still. He felt...

Jungle Scout: A Vietnam War Story (Graphic Flash Graphic Novels)Jungle Scout: A Vietnam War Story (Graphic Flash Graphic Novels)
Best Price: $14.74
Sixteen-year-old Lam Hung was once a member of the Viet Cong. Now he's a Kit Carson Scout...
A Time for War (Bloodlines)A Time for War (Bloodlines)
Best Price: $3.57
On June 6, 1944, Private First Class Michael Donovan and 13,000 U.S. Paratroopers soar over the...
Control Under Fire (Bloodlines)Control Under Fire (Bloodlines)
Best Price: $3.59
Technology and air superiority equals success in modern warfare. But even during the War in...
Nettie's Trip SouthNettie's Trip South
Best Price: $13.25
As Nettie writes to her friend Addie about her trip from Albany, New York, to Richmond,...
Enemy in the HouseEnemy in the House
It?s the middle of World War II. Lots of scary things are happening, like blackouts, air-raid...

Into the FlamesInto the Flames
The Nazis were after them, and there was nowhere to hide - Twelve-year-old Peter and Elise...
Patrol: An American Soldier in VietnamPatrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam
Vietnam. A young American soldier waits for his enemy, rifle in hand, finger on the trigger. He...
Bloodline RisingBloodline Rising
Best Price: $4.00
A story of loyalties tested, secrets exposed, and one boy s search for identity amid the tangled...
Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?
A funny, historical novel that is virtually all dialogue, by Caldecott Honor-winner Avi....
Lily's CrossingLily's Crossing
Best Price: $1.34
A New York Times Bestseller Newbery Honor Book Award Winner A 1998 American Library...

Michael at the Invasion of France, 1943 (Boys of Wartime)Michael at the Invasion of France, 1943 (Boys of Wartime)
Best Price: $11.19
When the Nazis invade Paris, Michael, a thirteen-year- old French-American, wants to be a part...
Escape by Night: A Civil War AdventureEscape by Night: A Civil War Adventure
Best Price: $8.64
Ten-year-old Tommy and his sister Annie are intrigued by the new soldiers arriving in their...
Twenty And Ten (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)Twenty And Ten (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Twenty school children hide ten Jewish children from the...
A Child's Garden: A Story of HopeA Child's Garden: A Story of Hope
Best Price: $22.79
For a boy in a warravaged world, nurturing a fragile vine has far reaching effects in this...
Bull RunBull Run
Best Price: $5.99
Bull Run- the first major battle of the Civil War. This book by Paul Fleischman describes that...

Bull RunBull Run
Best Price: $3.25
Eight Southern and eight Northern characters speak about their involvement in the 1861 Battle of...
The File on Fraulein BergThe File on Fraulein Berg100 Days and 99 Nights100 Days and 99 Nights
Best Price: $2.47
I picked this book up for my sons for when they get older (8-12) to read, so they could...
The Night of the Burning: Devorah's StoryThe Night of the Burning: Devorah's Story
Best Price: $6.50
If I were a writer of children's books, which I am not, and I wanted to write my debut novel...
War GamesWar Games
Best Price: $2.99
1941. Greece. For 12-year-old Petros, World War II feels far away. But when the Germans invade...

Lord of the Nutcracker MenLord of the Nutcracker Men
Best Price: $1.00
A Review by Nate Johny is a young boy living in France in the year 1914. Johny's father is...
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (Dear America Series)Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (Dear America Series)
Best Price: $7.00
I have read the book Look to the Hills, the diary of a French slave girl. My recommendation for...
The Victory GardenThe Victory Garden
Best Price: $111.65
It?s 1943, and everyone says the war will be over soon?World War II, that is?but Teresa Marks...
Adaline Brotherton: Heroine of ChickamaugaAdaline Brotherton: Heroine of Chickamauga
Best Price: $8.99
Adaline Brotherton played no active role in the Civil War battle of Chickamauga, but she is...
Emil and KarlEmil and Karl
This is a unique work. It is one of the first books written for young readers describing the...

And in the MorningAnd in the Morning
Best Price: $3.97
This novel by John Wilson is set during World War One, when a teenaged boy faces the unexpected...
Ghost of Heroes Past (General Fiction Childrensya)Ghost of Heroes Past (General Fiction Childrensya)
Best Price: $6.95
Thirteen-year-old Johnny Anders is something of a misfit, with no friends and a poor school...
Lili's Gift: A Civil War Healer's Story (American Civil War Adventure)Lili's Gift: A Civil War Healer's Story (American Civil War Adventure)
Best Price: $6.04
Lili's Gift: A Civil War Healer's Story is a chapter book for young adults about a...
An Island Far from Home (Adventures in Time)An Island Far from Home (Adventures in Time)
Best Price: $1.00
This book was a great book. It told what it was like through war when you are a kid. Josh...
El Beisbol Nos Salvo / Baseball Saved Us (Spanish Edition)El Beisbol Nos Salvo / Baseball Saved Us (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $12.27
During World War II, a young Japanese-American boy and his family are sent to an internment camp...

In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders Fields
Best Price: $5.62
Early on Christmas morning the guns stop firing through the ruined landscape. A young soldier...
Chocolate Island (Young Puzzles Adventure Series)Chocolate Island (Young Puzzles Adventure Series)
-- A puzzle fiction series of a exciting stories for very young children -- Simple, highly...
The War WithinThe War Within
Holly Springs, Mississippi, 1862: The Green family owns a general store in this small...
A River ApartA River Apart
This book was full of adventures. It takes place during the War of 1812. Three friends, James,...
Walking with the DeadWalking with the Dead
Best Price: $5.25
I thought this was a great book. My son, whose going into 4th grade loved it. It's a lot...

Yankee Spy: A Union Girl in Richmond During the Peninsular Campaign (Young American Series, #3)Yankee Spy: A Union Girl in Richmond During the Peninsular Campaign (Young American Series, #3)
Best Price: $59.77
Louisa, a Union patriot, finds a way to help the Army of the Potomac as it fights its way toward...
Operation YesOperation Yes
Best Price: $26.38
PLAN A Bo is going to behave for his new teacher. His father, an Air Force colonel, says so....
Uncle Sam's Boys, Volume 2: ...as Sergeants & ...in the PhilippinesUncle Sam's Boys, Volume 2: ...as Sergeants & ...in the Philippines
Best Price: $19.99
These stimulating stories are among the best of their class. They breathe the life and spirit of...
Stones for My FatherStones for My Father
Best Price: $11.56
Corlie Roux?s farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also...
GhostscapeGhostscape
Best Price: $3.79
When a young Somali girl named Aisha comes across pale, skinny Richard in a stall in the school...

Soldier MomSoldier Mom
Best Price: $1.88
"Soldier Mom," by Alice Mead, is a novel set in the time of the Persian Gulf War. The...
The Victory GardenThe Victory Garden
Best Price: $6.70
I am a 5th grade girl. I did not think books about war could be this interesting. When I...
Flying GhostsFlying GhostsFriend of the EnemyFriend of the Enemy
The United States was in the middle of World War II when Americans in the Midwest came face to...
Katie's War: A Story of the Irish Civil WarKatie's War: A Story of the Irish Civil War
When Katie's father returns from the Great War, he is shell-shocked, his personality...

A Way Through the Sea (The Young Underground #1)A Way Through the Sea (The Young Underground #1)
For eleven-year-old Peter Andersen and his twin sister Elise, living in the city of...
Monitor Vs. the Merrimack (Great Battles Through the Ages)Monitor Vs. the Merrimack (Great Battles Through the Ages)When My Name Was Keoko (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))When My Name Was Keoko (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))
Best Price: $4.49
It all began in 1940 in the Country of Korea...or you could also call it at the time...the...
CrutchesCrutches
Best Price: $107.74
This book is one of the best books. It tells about two people's lives in worn torn Austria....
Cracker!: The Best Dog in VietnamCracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam
Best Price: $24.65
Very very well read by Kimberly Farr. Excellent book and excellent reader! I really really...

Jesse Bowman: A Union Boy's War Story (Historical Fiction Adventures)Jesse Bowman: A Union Boy's War Story (Historical Fiction Adventures)
Best Price: $7.35
Tom McGown's JESSE BOWMAN: A UNION BOY'S WAR STORY, offering up a vivid story of a young...
Blaine's WayBlaine's Way
Best Price: $5.95
I was given this book to read in English class and I thought, "great, another boring...
Cuda of the Celts (Yellow Go Bananas)Cuda of the Celts (Yellow Go Bananas)
Best Price: $8.95
Nettie's Trip SouthNettie's Trip South
Best Price: $30.41
As Nettie writes to her friend Addie about her trip from Albany, New York, to Richmond,...
Eternal Spring of Mr. ItoEternal Spring of Mr. Ito
The fate of a 200-year-old bonsai tree is decided by a young girl and an old Japanese Canadian...

Navajo Code TalkersNavajo Code Talkers
Best Price: $2.22
After traveling to Northern Arizona last summer, I wanted to learn more about the Navajo. I...
Park's Quest (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)Park's Quest (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Eleven-year-old Park makes some startling discoveries...
Under One FlagUnder One Flag
Best Price: $5.68
The landscape of the Arkansas Delta changed dramatically early in the course of World War II,...
Keeping Faith in the DustKeeping Faith in the Dust
Best Price: $3.28
This intense, ficitionalized account of the siege of Masada has all the makings of a major work...
The Winged Watchman (Living History Library)The Winged Watchman (Living History Library)
Best Price: $6.00
I am so glad that The Winged Watchman and many other books by Hilda van Stockum, which were...

La Busqueda de Park / Park's Quest (Spanish Edition)La Busqueda de Park / Park's Quest (Spanish Edition)Como aprendi geografia/ How I Learned Geography (Spanish Edition)Como aprendi geografia/ How I Learned Geography (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $17.42
En esta historia, basada en los recuerdos de su infancia durante la II Guerra Mundial, Uri...
On The Wings of HeroesOn The Wings of Heroes
Davy Bowman?s dad looks forward to Halloween more than a kid, and Davy?s brother, Bill, flies...
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (PMC) (Puffin Modern Classics)Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (PMC) (Puffin Modern Classics)
I recently read this in my sixth grade course two english class. It is a sad but amazing story....
The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the NetherlandsThe Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands
Best Price: $8.09
During World War II in the Netherlands, a ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous...

Escape by Night: A Civil War AdventureEscape by Night: A Civil War Adventure
Ten-year-old Tommy and his sister Annie are intrigued by the new soldiers arriving in their...
The Bear MakersThe Bear Makers
Kata doesn?t understand why her brother is acting so strange lately or why he hasn?t come home....
My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union SoldierMy Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier
Jennie Hodgers dressed as a boy for the first time in order to help support her impoverished...
  
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