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Gr 4-8 In this coming-of-age story, Ignatius, the youngest of five brothers in a military family grounded in the Christian faith, promises to take care of the ranch while his father is deployed in Iraq. Since his mother left years earlier to pursue life as an artist, and his older brothers are off to school or military training camps, the 11-year-old looks to his grandparents for guidance, but often feels angry and alone trying to keep his heroic promise. Although some of the realities of the Iraq war are threaded in, the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

With his artist mother living in Italy, his four older brothers away at school or in the service, and now his Army-Reserve father off to serve an extended tour in Iraq, sixth- grader Ignatius (thankfully nicknamed Brother) is the only one left to help his grandparents run the family ranch. "I get to thinking about the long line of soldiers ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

With his brothers away at school or in the service and his father in Iraq, sixth grader Ignatius (nicknamed Brother) must help h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More