Search Results: Returned 8 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 8
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[2023]., Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FANTASY F BLA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Aristene are an order of mythical female warriors. Though heroes might be immortalized in legends, it's the Aristene who guide their paths to victory. They are the Heromakers. Raised by the order after being orphaned, Reed grew up surrounded by her future sisters-in-arms and the incredible stories of their quests. She's been counting the days until her initiation, and now one final test stands in her way: shepherding her first hero to glory on the battlefield. Succeed, and her place in the order is secured. Fail, and she'll be cast out of the only home she's ever known. But Reed didn't count on Hestion, her assigned hero, being both infuriating and intriguing. When their strategic alliance turns into something more, it forces Reed to question the cost of becoming an Aristene. As battle looms and fate hangs in the balance, Reed must make an impossible choice: her hero or her order."
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2009., Adolescent, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In their own voices, four young people, Muriel, Frank, Emma, and Ollie, tell of their experiences during the first World War, as the boys enlist and are sent overseas, Emma finishes school, and Muriel fights for peace and women's suffrage.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: HISTORICAL F GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Front Lines Volume: 1Summary Note: "1942, World War II. The most terrible war in human history. Millions are dead; millions more are still to die. The Nazis rampage across Europe and eye far-off America. The green, untested American army is going up against the greatest fighting force ever assembled--the armed forces of Nazi Germany. But something has changed. A court decision makes females subject to the draft and eligible for service. So in this World War II, women and girls fight, too. As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, three girls sign up to fight. Rio Richlin, Frangie Marr, and Rainy Schulterman are average girls, girls with dreams and aspirations, at the start of their lives, at the start of their loves. Each has her own reasons for volunteering. Not one expects to see actual combat. Not one expects to be on the front lines. Rio, Frangie, and Rainy will play their parts in the war to defeat evil and save the future of the human race. They will fear and they will rage; they will suffer and they will inflict suffering; they will hate and they will love. They will fight the greatest war the world has ever known." -- From dust jacket.
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[2020]., Delecorte Press Call No: FANTASY F FOR Edition: First edition. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity--and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death. Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki--near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire's greatest threat. Knowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance, Deka decides to leave the only life she's ever known. But as she journeys to the capital to train for the biggest battle of her life, she will discover that the great walled city holds many surprises. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be--not even Deka herself"--From the publisher's web site.
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-- Joan of Arc reimagined[2019]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: HISTORICAL F HEM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A lyrical, dark, and moving look at the life of Joan of Arc, who as a teen girl in the fifteenth century commanded an army and helped crown a king of France. This verse novel from award-winning author Stephanie Hemphill dares to imagine how an ordinary girl became a great leader, and ultimately saved a nation."--Jacket flap.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: HISTORICAL F GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Front Lines Volume: 3Summary Note: 1944. After their front-line battles in North Africa and Sicily, women soldiers Frangi, Rainy, and Rio join thousands of Allies in their deadliest battle yet as they descend into the freezing water and onto the sands of Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, D-Day.
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[2016], Adolescent, Charlesbridge Call No: REALISTIC F FLO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Half-Navajo, half-white sisters Tess and Gaby are separated when Gaby drops out of college to join the army. Now as Gaby is deployed to Iraq, she asks Tess to care for Blue, the spirited horse that Tess dislikes. Tess struggles with her identity and with missing her sister, and she decides to spend the summer with her grandmother at sheep camp where tragedy strikes.
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By Oh, EllenÃ2014., Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FANTASY FIC OH Edition: 1st pbk. ed., 2015. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Kira, the yellow-eyed demon slayer of Hansong, continues her quest to find the lost treasures of the dragon king's prophecy, save her cousin, the prince, unite her kingdom, and defeat the demon lord"--Provided by publisher.
