Atheneum Books for Young Readers / Juvenile & Young Adult / Historical / Military & Wars

I Lived on Butterfly Hill

by Marjorie Agosin & Lee White – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (March 04, 2014)

An eleven-year-old’s world is upended by political turmoil in this “lyrically ambitious tale of exile and reunification” (Kirkus Reviews) from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile.

Celeste...

Shooting the Moon

by Frances O'Roark Dowell – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (October 27, 2009)

JAMIE THINKS HER FATHER CAN DO ANYTHING....

UNTIL THE ONE TIME HE CAN DO NOTHING.

When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to...

The Art of Keeping Cool

by Janet Taylor Lisle – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (May 16, 2017)

The War At Home

Fear permeates the Rhode Island coastal town where Robert, his mother, and sister are living out the war with his paternal grandparents: Fear of Nazi submarines offshore. Fear of Abel Hoffman,...

The Lost Crown

by Sarah Miller – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (June 14, 2011)

Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia.  Like the fingers on a hand--first headstrong Olga; thenTatiana, the tallest; Maria the most hopeful for a ring; and Anastasia, the smallest. These are the daughters of...

Four-Four-Two

by Dean Hughes – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (November 08, 2016)

From the author of Soldier Boys and Search and Destroy comes an “immersive and inspirational” (Booklist, starred review) page-turner based on the little-known history of the Japanese Americans who fought...

Search and Destroy

by Dean Hughes – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (July 21, 2015)

RICK WARD WANTS TO GO TO WAR.

And he's not sure why. Maybe he's running from his dad and his crazy temper. Maybe he's running from his girl, who seems to think he's more of a joke than a man. Or maybe he's...

Soldier Boys

by Dean Hughes – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (July 21, 2015)

Spencer Morgan And Dieter Hedrick, one American, one German, are both young and eager to get into action in the war. Dieter, a shining member of the Hitler Youth movement, has actually met the Führer himself...

Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam

by Cynthia Kadohata – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (June 20, 2008)

CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:

a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big...