Summary:
A young American soldier waits for his enemy, rifle in hand, finger on the trigger. He is afraid to move and yet afraid not to move. Gunshots crackle in the still air. The soldier fires blindly into the distant trees at an unseen enemy. He crouches and waits -- heart pounding, tense and trembling, biting back tears. When will it all be over?
Walter Dean Myers joined the army on his seventeeth birthday, at the onset of American involvement in Vietnam, but it was the death of his brother in 1968 that forever changed his mind about war.
In a gripping and powerful story-poem, the award-winning author takes readers into the heart and mind of a young soldier in an alien land who comes face-to-face with the enemy. Strikingly illustrated with evocative and emotionally wrenching collages by Caldecott Honor artist Ann Grifalconi, this unforgettable portrait captures one American G.L's haunting experience.
Walter Dean Myers joined the army on his seventeeth birthday, at the onset of American involvement in Vietnam, but it was the death of his brother in 1968 that forever changed his mind about war.
In a gripping and powerful story-poem, the award-winning author takes readers into the heart and mind of a young soldier in an alien land who comes face-to-face with the enemy. Strikingly illustrated with evocative and emotionally wrenching collages by Caldecott Honor artist Ann Grifalconi, this unforgettable portrait captures one American G.L's haunting experience.
Walter Dean Myers:
He was the author of The book "Patrol"
Walter Dean MyersFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Dean MyersBornAugust 12, 1937 (age 75)
Martinsburg, West Virginia, USAOccupationnovelist, nonfiction writer and poetGenresYoung adult literatureNotable work(s)Fallen Angels
MonsterInfluenced[show]
www.walterdeanmyers.netWalter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers, August 12, 1937, Martinsburg, West Virginia ) is an African American author of young adult literature. Myers has written over fifty books, including novels and nonfiction works. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times. One of his novels,Fallen Angels, has made the American Library Association's list of frequently challenged books, due to adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War. He currently sits on the Board of Advisors of the Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Walter Dean MyersFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Dean MyersBornAugust 12, 1937 (age 75)
Martinsburg, West Virginia, USAOccupationnovelist, nonfiction writer and poetGenresYoung adult literatureNotable work(s)Fallen Angels
MonsterInfluenced[show]
www.walterdeanmyers.netWalter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers, August 12, 1937, Martinsburg, West Virginia ) is an African American author of young adult literature. Myers has written over fifty books, including novels and nonfiction works. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times. One of his novels,Fallen Angels, has made the American Library Association's list of frequently challenged books, due to adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War. He currently sits on the Board of Advisors of the Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators (SCBWI)