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Vietnam War

ALL THE BROKEN PIECES

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Burg
Author's First Name: 
Ann E.
Publisher: 
Scholastic
Publication Date: 
2009

This carefully crafted novel in verse poignantly portrays Matt, the son of an American soldier and Vietnamese woman, struggling to reconcile his comfortable American life, with issues the 1977 Vietnamese War has raised.

SHOOTING THE MOON [AUDIOBOOK]

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Dowell
Author's First Name: 
Frances O'Roark
Narrator's First Name: 
Jessica
Narrator's Last Name: 
Almasay
Publisher: 
Recorded Books
Publication Date: 
2008

When Jamie’s older brother enlists, the prospect of sending their only son to Vietnam dismays her parents. Jessica Almasy tackles this first-person narrative with gentle vigor, letting the characters come gradually into focus much like the pictures of the moon Jamie develops from film her cherished brother sends home from a war-torn land. (10-14)

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