Fallen Angels (Hardcover)

from aurora.schnarr

Goodreads Synopsis: An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of SUNRISE OVER FALLUJA in hardcover. A coming-of-age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, this is the...

from skyler.sims

Younge Richie Perry joins the army to stay of the dangerous streets of Harlem. He left behind his poor mom and brother just to fight a war he dosent understand. He arrives in Vietnam and makes many friends but will become brothers-at-arms. They will endure a year of a frightful war and must do so...

from darth9maul

Powerful book by Walter Dean Myers. Although this book is classified as a Young Adult novel, I challenge any adult to read this book and not come away moved and changed in someway. A very thought proving book off mistakes made in the past that can be applied to our here and now.

from ctmsjoha

As far as war novels go, I've never been a fan.I've always felt as if the author softens up the war zone for the public, but Fallen Angels felt real. I always figured in a war scenario there would be a little swearing.And be warned, there is indeed swearing.But in all seriousness, in not picking ...

from rpultusk

This is the first-person narrative of a young recruit, Richard Perry, who joins the Army upon his high school graduation and goes to Vietnam to fight. The author served in the armed force, lending credibility to Perry's voice as he expresses confusion, anger, and most profoundly, fear. Some of Pe...