Longing for his father's approval, thirteen-year-old Rebel Mercer follows him inside a racist, anti-government militia group, but when his father plans an attack on an African-American church, Rebel must make the most important decision in his life.
Explores the long-term effects of serving in a combat zone during the Vietnam War through four men and one woman who describe how Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has altered their lives.
"[Text and illustrations] introduces Captain Tom, the veteran who raised over thirty million for the United Kingdom's National Health Service during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic"--OCLC.
"Mat Best may be the only man alive known for both crazy-intense military ops and crazy-funny YouTube videos. . . .he uses the gallows humor and ribald sensibility that earned him over a million Facebook followers to tell his personal story of military service and the bumpy transition to civilian life and successful entrepreneurship"--Provided by publisher.
how one veteran found a new mission closer to home
Wood, Jake
2020
Jake Wood, former Marine sniper, returns home to find his fellow veterans battling depression and suicide. He takes his military training and forms Team Rubicon, a group of volunteers that tackle disaster relief.
In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.
"The story of an injured army doctor connecting with a beautiful deputy and a mysterious teenage girl, both whose secrets will change the course of his life"--Provided by publisher.
"Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him--but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video game, and valor and heroism can be very murky concepts"--Provided by publisher.
Marine Rob Kugler recalls how he had to get his dog Bella amputated due to cancer and how, uncertain whether the cancer would go into remission, they went on a road trip.
