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Fallen Angels

by Walter Dean Myers

A young soldier’s questions in Vietnam

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A young soldier’s questions in Vietnam

Set in the late 1960s, the novel places Perry, a Harlem teenager who joins the service after his college plans fall through, on the front lines of the Vietnam War. His experiences with his platoon bring the dangers of combat into view alongside questions about race, military service, and the United States’ presence in the war. Perry’s search for virtue in himself and those around him gives the coming-of-age story a moral dimension, connecting the pressures of wartime experience with the choices and doubts of adolescence.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in coming-of-age fiction set during the Vietnam War.
  • Readers seeking fiction that addresses race, military service, and moral questions in a wartime setting.

Themes

Coming of ageVietnam WarRace and military serviceMoral questions

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Book overview

An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks!

With an Introduction by National Ambassador of Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds and bonus material by Coretta Scott King Award winner Christopher Myers.

 

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 US is even there at all.

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