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1) The car
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.
Author
Language
English
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Description
In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming.
Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team—his brothers—would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating...
Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team—his brothers—would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating...
4) Cherry
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rashly marrying his college girlfriend to keep their relationship active during his tour of duty, a college dropout turned army soldier is overwhelmed by the realities of war, PTSD and opioid addiction before forging a desperate plan.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
The author traces her unlikely founding of Serenity Park, a sanctuary for rescued parrots and veterans with PTSD, describing how her observation of the deep bonds that birds are capable of forming gave her the idea to establish a beneficial therapy practice for traumatized veterans.
10) Missing persons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and two grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace. What at first seems to be a simple missing persons case soon escalates into something much more deadly, when Jack discovers the daughter is being pursued by highly trained operatives. As Jack uncovers more of the woman's backstory, the...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
13) Ozark dogs
Author
Language
English
Description
"After his son is convicted of capital murder, Vietnam War veteran Jeremiah Fitzjurls takes over the care of his granddaughter, Joanna, raising her with as much warmth as can be found in a junkyard outfitted to be an armory. He teaches her how to shoot and fight, but there is not enough training in the world to protect her when the dreaded Ledfords, notorious meth dealers and fanatical white supremacists, come to collect on Joanna as payment for a...
Author
Series
Mick Hardin novels volume 1
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Mick Hardin, a combat veteran now working as an Army CID agent, returns home on a leave that is almost done. His sister, newly risen to sheriff, has just landed her first murder case, and local politicians are pushing for city police or the FBI to take the case. She calls on Mick who, with his investigation experience and his familiarity with the terrain, is well-suited to staying under the radar. As he delves into the investigation, he dodges his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Veteran Tommy Smith joins with Sarah Cathcart to find her missing father and they discover that drugs, crime, and ranchers selling off water rights have decimated the wilderness, as Tommy realizes he must use his sniper skills if they hope to survive.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1951, Blackburn Gant, the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery, is charged with caring for his best friend’s wife, Naomi, when he is drafted to serve overseas, and as Blackburn and Naomi grow closer and closer, a shocking revelation upends numerous lives.
19) Blood defense
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Ambitious lawyer Samantha Brinkman takes a case defending a veteran LAPD detective in a murder case, but when she learns a secret about her client she realizes to her horror that she may be representing a dangerous sociopath.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Shares the inspiring story of how a sensitive golden retriever emerged from a difficult past as a prison pet and trainee at a home for troubled youths to become a dedicated service animal, describing how he found healing and companionship at the side of the author, a decorated and traumatized Iraq War veteran.
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