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Fallen Angels (Paperback)
by Walter Dean Myers
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Vietnam War, Award-winning books, Ages 9-12, Children's book |
| Market price: ¥ 88.00
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¥ 78.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
This book is action packed, has a colorful cast of characters, and displays the horrors of war in Vietnam vividly. |
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Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Pub. in: May, 1989
ISBN: 0590409433
Pages: 320
Measurements: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00053
Other information: Reprint edition
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- Awards & Credential -
The winner of the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award |
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This story is about a black teenager named Richie Perry in Vietnam and his friends Lobel, Johnson, Brunner, and Peewee.
The story is effective in informing the readers about the Vietnam War and what it was like to fight the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese army. When Perry kills his first Vietcong it is so realistic in telling that scene that you will feel that you are actually standing next to him. It'll make you smell the burning brass and see the dead body of the Vietcong. It is also effective in showing his friendships with the other soldiers and his struggles with the emotional effects of war.
One of the strengths of this book is how well the author puts an image into the reader's head. Also how he describes the people and the setting, which makes this war story so much better than others. He uses very effective descriptive language in painting a picture of the story in comparison to other war books such as B for Buster and Soldier Boy.
This book is for a teenage or adult audience. Parents of younger children may not want their kids to read this due to the language used and the realistic feel of battle in some of the chapters.
It is a great book for war readers and to people who would like to know more about the Vietnam War. This story keeps you on the edge of your seat. It will have you reading for hours and then not wanting to put down the book. But most importantly, it will tell you what the men who fought in Vietnam went through and how friend ships can get you through tough problems.
Target readers:
Kids aged up 8
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Walter Dean Myers is a writer of children's and young adult literature.
Walter Dean Myers was born in West Virginia in 1937 but spent most of his childhood and young adult life in Harlem. He was raised by foster parents and remembers a happy but tumultuous life while going through his own teen years. Suffering with a speech impediment, he cultivated a habit of writing poetry and short stories and acquired an early love of reading.
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A coming of age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s; Fallen Angels 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 there at all. Fallen Angels won the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award.
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Jamie A. Perry (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-27 00:00>
I've read this book in the seventh grade and loved it ever since. We're already experiencing war as it is, and it is important to read anything about it, but this book shows how many Black men felt by joining any branch of military.
Besides the narrator, my favorite character was Peewee (Gates). He was a silly person, but he really shown in the book the true meaning of friendship.
There are many men over in Iraq and Afghanistan right now the same age as Perry. This book will give more insight about what goes on inside their heads, even though this is fictional.
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-27 00:00>
The only Vietnam War book I've ever read, and I'm happy I can say I've read it. In my opinion, it's Walter Dean Myers' best book yet. He's written a lot of good book but this one tops my list.
Fallen Angels is about a person named Perry and his time in Vietnam. It deals with issues such as race, boredom, and tensions on the front line between friends. Through the book Perry wonders whether he's the only one who's scared, or makes mistakes such as forgetting to turn the safety off his gun. Walter Dean Myers does a very good job of describing the panic, confusion, frightening essence of a war torn Vietnam.
When reading the book I felt emotion when the characters died or suffered wounds, that doesn't happen to me very often and I appreciate a writer who has enough motivation to develop his characters like Walter does so the reader experiences emotion and therefore enjoys the book more (hopefully).
The only problem I had with this book was the lack of some good military shoot outs. I know Vietnam didn't allow much of the detailed shootout but some house to house warfare would have been nice.
Overall this is a nice book, with excellent characters and plot and I enjoyed reading it.
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Rick James (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-27 00:00>
Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers, is a great book for anyone who wants action in a realistic environment. The story itself takes place in Vietnam where Richie Perry and his fellow soldiers are fighting the Viet Cong. This book is mostly an action styled book, so for those who don't like details of blood and gore, I would recommend that you stay away. You will be drawn in as you learn about every character and follow through the intense moments of combat. You develop the sense of camaraderie among the soldiers as you learn about each of their pasts and why they're in `Nam. When reading, the author develops both a pro and anti war point of view. If you put down this book and do not understand the pro and anti war position, you definitely missed something. After reading, you will feel as though you yourself were pulled through climatic battles of the war. Despite not being a habitual reader, I really enjoyed this book. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-27 00:00>
There have been many stories about the Vietnam War but none capture the conflict's real essence like but Fallen Angels. In my sophomore English class Fallen Angels was required reading and gave me a big picture look of what happened during the war. The author, Walter Dean Myers, writing made me feel like I was right there like a Vietnam soldier on the frontline of a battlefield, to the bunks of there barracks.
The books main character an African American teenager, Richie Perry is fresh out of high school and is sent to serve in the Vietnam War leaving a younger brother and alcoholic mother at home. When Richie signed up for the war it was for a post away from the frontline because of a medical profile which restricted him from being near any fighting but was ignored and was put right in the middle of the action. Perry is stationed with other soldiers from all parts of the United Stares, which later become his best friends that makes life long bonds with. While I was reading the author who described with such detail every event that I felt like I was in the middle of a battle, inside Richie Perry's head fighting the VietCong enemy. No other war book can compare to the intensity and cliff hanging suspense that this book pit me through.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wishes to learn the real truth about what the Vietnam War. This book will throw you right into the action and epidemic of war. Even though I was born years after the war, whenever I read this book it feels like I’m right there on the battlefield.
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