Fallen Angels, Walter Dean Myers
Fallen Angels, Walter Dean Myers
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Fallen Angels

Author: Walter Dean Myers

Narrator: J.D. Jackson

Unabridged: 8 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/30/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Coretta Scott King Award
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Booklist Editors Choice
School Library Journal Best Book

A coming-of-age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, this is the story of Perry, a Harlem teenager who volunteers for the service when his dream of attending college falls through. Sent to the front lines, Perry and his platoon come face-to-face
with the Vietcong and the real horror of warfare. But violence and death aren't the only hardships. As Perry struggles to find virtue in himself and his comrades, he questions why black troops are given the most dangerous assignments, and why the U.S. is even there at all.

About Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and a three-time National Book Award Finalist as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robyn on November 14, 2010

This was an amazing book. Perhaps it was because I was thinking of my family, mainly my dad, who fought in this war that it captured my attention. A must read for anyone who has had family or friends in the war. It is told through the eyes of a solider and shows his experiences in the war - sometimes......more