We Remember . . . Lest We Forget

This week, I am highlighting books featuring soldiers.  With the recent Veterans Day holiday and upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, this is a great time to remember and thank the men and women who served in our armed forces.  So here are some of my favorite war stories for teens . . .

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.

Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.

The Right Fight by Chris Lynch
When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign.

Front Lines by Michael Grant
After a court decision that makes women eligible for service in the fight against the Nazis, three young women volunteer to serve their country, unaware that their decisions will take them to the front lines of the conflict.


More Stories of War --
B for Buster by Iain Lawrence
Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
Five 4ths of July by Pat Hughes
For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy by Kimberly Bradley
I Had Seen Castles by Cynthia Rylant
Invasion! by Walter Dean Myers
Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick
Search and Destroy by Dean Hughes
Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry  Mazer
Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Tamar by Mal Peet


Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through December 9, 2016.