Books like Seeing the elephant by Hughes, Pat

Thomas, a fourteen‑year‑old boy from a single‑parent family, enlists in the British Army during World War I to prove himself, support his brother, and win back his childhood love, Molly.

Young Samuel, 13, lives in a remote frontier colony and must trek into enemy-held New York City to rescue his kidnapped parents during the early American Revolution.

Rebecca Rubin balances helping her building’s superintendent with homing pigeons and navigating a Christmas centerpiece in her Jewish home, learning about tradition and tolerance in New York’s diverse neighborhoods.

A true story of a girl bear named Winnie, rescued by a World War I veterinarian, journeying from Canada to England and the London Zoo, where she befriended Christopher Robin and inspired the famous Winnie‑the‑Pooh.

Cambodian child soldier recounts his survival against the Khmer Rouge regime.

A young baseball player trades the diamond for a tank crew, as World War II opens the North African theater.

In an Arkansas town hosting German POWs during World War II, 12‑year‑old Patty Bergen befriends the escaped prisoner Anton, learning that humanity can transcend prejudice and fear.

A young Roman army medical officer arrives in Britain during the decline of Roman control, where he befriends a relative and together they find themselves embroiled in intrigue, exile, and covert actions with the elusive Lost Ninth Legion.

Set during the Napoleonic wars, the novel follows a young woman's choice between three suitors: a sailor, a trumpetmajor, and the cowardly son of a local squire.

Rudi, drafted into the U.S. Marines for the Vietnam War, navigates combat and loyalty while his three closest friends struggle behind the front lines; letters between them reveal how he transforms into a soldier who follows orders no matter the cost.

When the Soviet Union invades its tiny neighbor Finland in November 1939, Marko volunteers to help the war effort. Even though his leg was weakened by polio, he can ski well, and he becomes a messenger on the front line, skiing in white camouflage through the forests at night. The dark forest is terrifying, and so are the odds against the Finns: the Russians have 4 times as many soldiers and 30 times as many planes. They have 3000 tanks, while the Finns have 30. But a tank is no help in the snowy forest--a boy on skis is. And the Russians don't know winter the way the Finns do, or what tough guerrilla warriors the Finns are. Marko teams up with another messenger, Karl. Gradually Marko learns that Karl's whole family was killed by the Russians. And Karl has a secret--he's really Kaari, a girl who joined up to get revenge for her family's deaths.From the Hardcover edition.

A handsome poet in seventeenth-century France falls in love with a beautiful cousin but struggles to make his feelings known due to his physical appearance.