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Chaconas, Dori
Pennies in a Jar
A young boy whose father is serving overseas during World War II struggles to overcome his fears, especially his fear of the horses that pull trade wagons through his neighborhood, as he works odd jobs for money to buy his father a birthday present.
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Decker, Timothy
The Letter Home
A medic sent to the front lines in the trenches of World War I writes a letter home to his young son.
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Duble, Kathleen Benner
Pilot Mom
Jenny and her best friend K.C. accompany Jenny's mother, a tanker pilot in the Air Force, to the air base, where they explore her plane, a KC-135, prior to her departure on a training mission to Europe.
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Ellis, Deborah
Off to War : Voices of Soldiers' Children
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have impacted the children of soldiers--men and women who have been called away from their families to fight in a faraway war. In their own words, some of these children describe how their experience has marked and shaped their lives.
Appears on the following book lists:
 War Stories
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Madison, Alan
100 Days, 99 Nights, (and 15 Saturdays Without Dad's Pancakes)
As Esme introduces her stuffed animal collection that is alphabetically arranged from Alvin the aardvark to Zelda the zebra she also relates her family's military life and her father's deployment.
Appears on the following book lists:
Realistic Fiction
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McElroy, Lisa Tucker
Love Lizzie : Letters to a Military Mom
Nine-year-old Lizzie writes to her mother, who is deployed overseas during wartime, and includes maps that show her mother what Lizzie has been thinking and doing. Includes nonfiction tips for helping children of military families.
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Mead, Alice
Soldier Mom
Eleven-year-old Jasmyn gets a different perspective on life when her mother is sent to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother behind in Maine in the care of her Mother's boyfriend.
Appears on the following book lists:
War Stories
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Penn, Audrey
The Kissing Hand
When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
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Rivera, Sheila
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Describes the 2003 war of the United States against Iraq.
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Simon, Norma
All Kinds of Families
Explores in words and pictures what a family is and how families vary in makeup and lifestyles.
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Spinelli, Eileen
While You are Away
Three children describe how they feel when one of their parents is away on military tour of duty.
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Tomp, Sarah Wones
Red White and Blue Goodbye
The young daughter of a Navy man does not want him to go to sea, but he points out the red flag on the mailbox, the white clouds in the sky, and the blue ocean that will remind her of him while he is away.
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Yolen, Jane
All Those Secrets of the World
When four-year-old Janie's father goes off to war, the rest of the family lives with grandparents on Chesapeake Bay, where Janie's cousin teaches her a secret of the world which helps her understand her father's long absence.
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