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   A Game for Heroes

   Jack Higgins · 1971

   A gritty, ticking-clock WWII thriller where weary professionals and green recruits must survive a desperate island raid.

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   • tense
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   Tears of a tiger

   Sharon M. Draper · 1994

   A raw, fragmented mosaic of a high school community grappling with the devastating weight of survivor's guilt.

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   • tragic
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   Hero

   Mike Lupica

   A high-stakes coming-of-age adventure where a grieving son must decide whether to shoulder his father's dangerous, super-powered legacy.

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   Fallen angels

   Susannah Kells

   A harrowing, deeply human plunge into the chaos of war that strips away romantic illusions to reveal the raw bonds of brotherhood.

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   • tense
   • reflective
   • loss of innocence
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   Things hoped for

   Andrew Clements

   A tense but hopeful exploration of artistic ambition, sudden independence, and the mysteries hidden within our own families.

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   • tense
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   Brothers in Arms

   Paul Langan and Ben Alirez

   A tense, emotionally charged exploration of grief and the heavy cost of revenge.

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   • tense
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   All the Light We Cannot See

   Anthony Doerr

   A luminous, sensory exploration of humanity's fragile beauty persisting through the darkest hours of war.

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   • melancholic
   • haunting
   • loss of innocence
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   Going after Cacciato

   Tim O'Brien · 1991

   A hallucinatory, desperate march away from the horrors of war and into the boundless, fragile refuge of the human imagination.

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   • melancholic
   • haunting
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   I am the Cheese

   Robert Cormier

   A claustrophobic puzzle box of a novel that slowly tightens its grip until the final, devastating click.

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   • claustrophobic
   • dread-soaked
   • disorienting
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    Miracle's Boys

    Jacqueline Woodson

    A tender, aching exploration of brotherhood and grief that finds hope in the spaces between fractured relationships.

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    • melancholic
    • reflective
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    Good Night, Mr. Tom

    Michelle Magorian

    A tender, tear-jerking journey of a frightened child and a gruff recluse finding salvation in each other amidst the shadows of war.

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    • heartwarming
    • pastoral
    • shadowed
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    Things Not Seen

    Andrew Clements

    A grounded, suspenseful exploration of what it means to disappear and the quiet miracle of finally being noticed.

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    • isolating
    • suspenseful
    • heartwarming

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