Books About Military Brat Life

There is a growing number of books which depict both the good and the bad of growing up in a military family. This category is for reviews and excerpts.

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Mud Season by Pamela Annas

Cervena Barva Press Announces a New Chapbook Mud Season by Pamela Annas, a book of poetry with many of the poems influenced by her life as a Military Brat, and two that speak directly to the unique life of brats.

The Great Santini by Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy draws upon his Military Brat world to create an unforgettable portrait of a fighter pilot father and the pressures of growing up "military".

Secrets of the Cold War

This forthcoming book by Leland McCaslin, will shed some light on what actually was happening during the Cold War behind the scenes, affecting the lives of Military Brats who were living on military bases with their families throughout Europe and around the world.

Death by Innocence by Thomas Slagle

In 1969, at the height of the Viet Nam War, four American military and State Department brats spend their last year of high school on an American military base in Ankara, Turkey. Rampant drug use and innocent lapses of judgement combine to produce emotional scars that will last their lifetimes.

The Brat Chronicles by Michael Ritter

The Brat Chronicles by Michael Ritter is full of stories and experiences all Military Brats can relate to. This excerpt will have you in stitches!

Once A Brat by Marilyn C. Morris

Marilyn Morris recounts her honest, heart-felt feelings and experiences growing up in the post World War II and Cold War era in here book Once a Brat. Here is an excerpt from Chapter One.

The Boys From Clarey Ave

Michelle Batson writes of a protagonist who is a Military Brat facing life in not only another new school, but in a civilian school, something many Military Brats can relate to.



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