Army Brats
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780545932059
Pages
240 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When the Bailey family moves into an army base in Virginia there are a lot of adjustments to make; twelve-year-old Tom runs afoul of the base school bully, ten-year-old Charlotte finds herself trying too hard to make friends with the "cool" girls, and six-year-old Rosie is just being difficult as usual--but they come together to investigate a mysterious building full of weird cages, and uncover Fort Patrick's secrets.
Grade Level
3-5
Lexile Measure
900L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Adoption; Interracial; Learning disability; adopted child; adoptive parents; adoptive siblings; interracial/transracial adoption; international adoption; interracial family; dyslexia; dyslexic child
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Chinese) / White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2017, Nominee, Middle Grade Fiction
Keywords
families of military personnel; brothers and sisters; middle school; military bases; bullying; secrecy; mystery; realizations
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Benedis-Grab, Daphne, "Army Brats" (2017). Diverse Families. 568.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/568