Chapter Books About Parent Deployment

Deployment and long-distance parenting in chapter books means living with absence over time. The holidays, the missed games, the emails that don't say enough. These 129 books honor that particular kind of waiting.

129 books

Usborne True Stories

True Stories of the First World War

Paul Dowswell

Gripping first-hand accounts and thrilling adventures bring the real-life courage of soldiers and civilians during the G

Ages 10–14

My Father is in the Navy

Robin McKinley

A young girl waits for her father, a ship's captain, while trying to hold onto the memory of a parent she hasn't seen in

Ages 4–8

The Friskative Dog

Susan Straight

Sharron holds tight to a beloved stuffed dog, the last gift from her father, as she navigates the confusing ache of his

Ages 8–12