Books like Shooting at the stars by John Hendrix

A German World War I trainee, Paul Bäumer, documents his disillusionment as the war destroys his classmates’ idealism and forces him to confront the futility of combat.

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.

Kiko Himura seeks to leave her toxic mother relationship and enroll in a dream art school, but when that plan stumbles, she tours alternative schools with a friend and discovers life‑changing truths about herself and her past.

In Harlem, Lolly Rachpaul mourns his older brother’s gang‑related death while he battles peer pressure and builds an imaginative LEGO city at the community center.

In World War I France, four children learn the value of honesty, loyalty and courage from an English deserter who tells them tales linked to his silver donkey charm.

During World War I, Canadian soldier Frank finds himself in the front‑line trenches, learning that even the enemy shares kinship and home life.

Four young voices—Muriel, Frank, Emma and Ollie—share their World War I experiences, from enlistment and overseas service to school graduation and the fight for peace and women’s suffrage, all set in Michigan.

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.