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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
American soldier J. Robert Conroy befriended a stray dog with a stumpy tail while training to fight overseas in WWI. They bonded so closely that Conroy smuggled him to Europe, where Stubby accompanied Conroy's regiment on the Western Front, lending both his superior olfactory senses and amiable temperament to the war effort.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The true story of the first Black Medal of Freedom winner--a remarkable account of one of the most memorable battles in Civil War history. Sergeant William H. Carney was one of the few Black officers of the newly formed Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment--composed entirely of Black soldiers. In an important Civil War battle, Carney led his men over the ramparts of Fort Wagner, where Union soldiers charged the Confederates. As they fought, they gained...
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend and a dog. From an army training camp to the trenches in France, this is the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in the First World War, sniffing out gas attacks, catching spies and winning the hearts of his fellow soldiers.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"An . . . account of the most daring American POW rescue mission of World War II. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America entered World War II, and a new theater of battle opened up in the Pacific. But US troops, along with thousands of Filipino soldiers who fought alongside them, were overtaken in the Philippines by a fiercely determined Japanese navy, and many Americans and Filipino fighters were killed or captured. These American and Filipino...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Learn about Puerto Rico's 65th Regiment, one of the US Army's most decorated regiments. Author Talia Aikens-Nuñez shares the history of these soldiers and the discrimination they faced as they served their country during the largest court martial of the Korean War"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The true story for middle grade readers of First Lt. Jack Montgomery, a Native American who received the Medal of Honor for his valor in World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Earth Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Excerpts from the diary of William Bircher, a fifteen-year-old Minnesotan who was a drummer during the Civil War. Supplemented by sidebars, activities, and a timeline of the era.
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gives children a bird's-eye view of history via the "biography" of Old Abe, an eagle who served as mascot for the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and eventually went on to appear at the Chicago Wold's Fair in 1865, following his "retirement." Includes facts about eagles.
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A regiment of African American soldiers from Harlem journeys across the Atlantic to fight alongside the French in World War I, inspiring a continent with their brand of jazz music"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Pushkin Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In 1863, the US Civil War was raging. Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had freed over 3.5 million African-American slaves, and now the Union Army began to recruit a second all-black regiment of soldiers to join the fight. As the struggle against the Confederate South raged on, the newly-formed 54th Massachusetts battalion prepared to attack the seemingly impregnable fortress of Fort Wagner. The odds were heavily against them; the fort...
