Ranger the time-travelling Golden retriever and young Isaac Pope come together in 1776 during Washington's retreat after the Battle of Long Island, and Ranger stays with Isaac while he slowly recovers from Smallpox--but Ranger's real mission comes later when Isaac is sent to spy out the Hessian troops' intentions before the Battle of Trenton.

"Cambodian child soldier Arn Chorn-Pond defied the odds and used all of his courage and wits to survive the murderous regime of the Khmer Rouge"--

Lieutenant Kimiyo Yamashita is known for his iron will and nerves of steel, but when Shadow Squadron is tasked with protecting an Iraqi terrorist-turned-politician, even the hardened sniper flinches. Yamashita promises to keep the dirty V.I.P. in his sights at all times . . . but that only makes the itch to pull the trigger more tempting. El teniente Kimiyo Yamashita es famoso por sus nervios de acero y su voluntad de hierro, pero el Escuadrón de...

In Afghanistan, Private Eli Recato is very good at finding IEDs and disabling them, a talent his fellow soldiers on the line appreciate--but when his convoy is attacked by three insurgents with sticky bombs he is separated from his vehicle and has to decide whether to trust an Afghan in the small house where he has taken shelter.

Private Matty Giaconne spends his days in Afghanistan disarming IEDs and making lists, like his list of top five close calls, and generally distracting himself from problems with his wife at home--but when an apparently routine search around Camp Loman leads to a firefight and a brush with death, Matty starts to reassess his priorities.

At Forward Operating Base Loman, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist Dan West is one of the soldiers who regularly risks his life finding and disarming IEDs, with the help of a detector dog named Mouser--but things can go wrong, and an Afghan boy standing on a bomb's pressure plate during an attack is an unexpected danger.

The Secret of the Tattered Shoes is a fresh interpretation of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale about twelve princesses who are locked in at night, yet whose dancing shoes are still worn down by morning. A young soldier is tasked to discover their night-time adventures. But unlike the story told by the Brothers Grimm, this soldier seeks a different ending. Jackie's dark and poetic text updates this well-known tale and shows how stories evolve...

When her father, an ex-soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD, is arrested for murder, Emily's efforts to exonerate him take her into the woods to play the Game, an extreme version of childhood games.

Sergeant Edgar Brighton awakens to a pounding headache. As the blur of unconsciousness fades from his eyes, he sees an unfamiliar woman staring back at him. He tries to speak, but discovers that he's been gagged. He tries to stand and, but finds that his hands and feet have been bound. And when the woman begins to blindfold him, Edgar realizes that his troubles have only just begun. El sargento Edgar Brighton se despierta con un gran dolor de cabeza....

The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death, transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts, creatures the Federation then sends to attack Mara. The legendary Strikers, Mara's elite fighting force, are trained to stop these monsters. But as the number of Ghosts grows and Karensa closes in, defeat seems inevitable....