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Saint Patrick's Battalion: A Novel
By James Alexander Thom. 2006
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War stories, Historical fictionIndigenous peoples history, United States history
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Private John Riley and scores of fellow Catholic immigrants desert the army and defect to the Mexican side during the…
1846 war. Camp boy Padraic Quinn keeps a diary recalling the prejudice and abuse they suffered at the hands of Protestant officers--and the resulting mutiny. Violence and strong language. 2006Grierson's raid: a daring cavalry strike through the heart of the Confederacy
By Tom Lalicki. 2004
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War storiesHistory, Games
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Civil War, 1863. Day-by-day account of Union Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson's sixteen-day raid with seventeen hundred men and their horses…
through central Mississippi. Their mission was to destroy railroads and military targets, diverting Confederate attention while Union troops moved on Vicksburg. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2004Stolen Girl (Scholastic Press Novels Ser.)
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. 2019
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Adventure stories, War storiesGames
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Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces…
and flashes she can't control. Though her adoptive mother says they are safe now, Nadia's flashbacks keep coming.Sometimes she remembers running, hunger, and isolation. But other times she remembers living with a German family, and attending big rallies where she was praised for her light hair and blue eyes. The puzzle pieces don't quite fit together, and Nadia is scared by what might be true. Could she have been raised by Nazis? Were they her real family? What part did she play in the war?What Nadia finally discovers about her own history will shock her. But only when she understands the past can she truly face her future.Inspired by startling true events, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch delivers a gripping and poignant story of one girl's determination to uncover her truth.