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Brothers and sisters Fiction Children of military personnel Fiction Ethnic relations Fiction Families of military personnel Fiction Hate speech Fiction Immigrants Fiction Novels in verse Post-traumatic stress disorder Fiction Post-traumatic stress disorder Juvenile fiction United States Ethnic relations Juvenile fictionLesage, Marla
Summary: ". . . explores the realities of PTSD from a kid's perspective. The book includes an author's note and kid-friendly mental health resources. As a military child, eleven-year-old Leah moves . . . a lot. But this summer she will be the one left behind when her best friend's family is reassigned. To make matters worse, her mother will be away for training, leaving Leah at home with her father,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2022
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Summary: A girl in Puerto Rico copes with the aftermath of a hurricane, including her family's temporary blue tarp roof and her brother's refusal to speak. Includes notes about the author's life in Puerto Rico and the yearly ritual of preparing for hurricanes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ECHBowling, Dusti
Summary: A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BOWHouse, Silas
Summary: In the summer of 1976, ten-year-old Eli Book's excitement over Bicentennial celebrations is tempered by his father's flashbacks to the Vietnam War and other family problems, as well as concern about his tough but troubled best friend, Edie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y Fiction HouCurtis, Christopher Paul
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CURCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CURPhillips, Suzanne.
Summary: Bullied constantly during his freshman year in high school, Cameron's anger and isolation grows, leading to deadly consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PHILittman, Sarah
Summary: Life has suddenly turned chaotic for high school student Stella since her brother, Rob, got home from his second tour of duty in Afghanistan: her school is on edge with ethnic tensions and her brother seems to be suffering from post-traumatic stress but will not talk about it. But when Rob's anger finally spirals out of control, Stella realizes she has to find the courage to take a stand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018