war

"The Dominion of Atalanta is at war. But for eighteen-year-old Aris, the fighting is nothing more than a distant nightmare. Then her boyfriend, Calix, is selected for the Military, and the nightmare becomes a dangerous reality. Left behind in her idyllic seaside town, Aris has nothing to fill her days. So when she's recruited to be a pilot for an elite search-and-rescue unit, she leaps at the chance, hoping she'll be stationed near Calix. But there's a catch: She must disguise herself as a man named Aristos. Aris gives up everything to find Calix. Even her identity. But as the war rages on, Aris discovers she's fighting for much more than her relationship. With each injured person she rescues and each violent battle she survives, Aris is becoming a true soldier--and the best flyer in the Atalantan Military. She'sdetermined to save her Dominion...or die trying"--Back cover.

Maria and her friend Nathan flee their Nazi-occupied Ukrainian town, hoping to earn wages and avoid starvation as foreign workers in Austria, but they are quickly separated and Maria waits out the war as a farm laborer.

"In 1917 Russia, seventeen-year-old Katya joins the first all-female battalion to fight the Germans, but she soon finds that patriotism alone won't help her survive the realities of war"--Provided by publisher.

Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war, when the Greeks besieged Troy. Day after day, she recounts how the Greeks suffer from thirst, heat, and homesickness, and how the opponents meet; army against army, man against man. Helmets are cleaved, heads fly, blood flows. And everything had begun when Prince Paris of Troy fell in love with king of Sparta Menelaus's wife, the beautiful Helen, and escaped with her to his homeland. Now Helen stands atop the city walls to witness the horrors set in motion by her flight. When her current and former loves face each other in battle, she knows that, whatever happens, she will be losing.

The epic poem recounting the experiences of Odysseus during his return from the Trojan War.

Military history is a source of fascination for many young historians, but war is a truly gruesome part of history. From knights in suits of armor to the flying aces of the world wars, this eye-opening volume offers a comprehensive look at one part of humankind's "nasty past." Readers examine the evolution of warfare. Along with riveting facts about deadly weapons and military maneuvers, readers will learn why certain wars were waged and the events that brought one side victory and the other defeat. Historical artwork and photographs of artifacts are featured throughout this absorbing book.

"Charlie and Kate know their yellow lab, Buster, would be a perfect soldier dog. So they enlist Buster in the Coast Guard, where he and his handler work to protect US shores from enemy attacks. Then Charlie and Kate discover a coded Nazi message about a submarine landing that will put German spies on US soil. With hours until the U-boat's arrival can Charlie, Kate, and Buster be the heroes America needs?"--Back cover.

Contains a three-part essay, written in the 1930s, in which the author responds to three separate requests for donations to a women's college building fund, a society to promote the employment of women, and an organization devoted to the prevention of war.

Fourteen-year-old Kirra must summon the courage to face her own mistakes before she can help save her peaceful community from a gigantic threat.

"Told in two voices, seventeen-year-old kamikaze pilot Taro and fifteen-year-old war worker Hana meet in 1945 Japan, he with no future and she, haunted by the past. Includes historical notes and glossary"--Provided by publisher.