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Search and Destroy
by
Dean Hughes
Rick Ward wants to go to war.
He doesn't know why. Maybe he's running from his dad, who has an uncontrollable temper. Maybe he's running from a lost love, his high-school sweetheart, who is a stranger to him now. Or maybe he's just running -- to find himself.
Desperate to experience real life, Rick enlists in the army with the Charlie Rangers, a special unit in Vi
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Published
December 27th 2005
by Ginee Seo Books
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I would recommend the book "Search and Destroy" by Dean Hughes to a friend because it is one of those books that catches your attention. It keeps you wondering what will happen next and makes you never want to put the book down. Pg.92, "Rick could see a hole in Sparks's gut, could even see his insides bulging through the skin." This is a good example of catching the reader's attention. Pg.180, "He glanced at J.D. just as the man's head exploded. Blood and brain flew in a...more
Search and Destroy is an exhilarating book written by Dean Hughes. The genre of this book is historical fiction. As a recent 1969 high school graduate, Rick Ward doesn't know what he wants out of life. He enjoys writing in a journal, but he does not believe he has enough real life experience to become a writer. Rick knows he does not want to end up like his father, in a dead end job. He has not applied to any colleges because he knows he does not have the money for college. Rick's life seems to...more
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Can you imagine being an Army Ranger? These are some of the toughest people in the military. During the war in Vietnam, these brave men were expected to walk miles through dense jungles to take the life of another man.
Dean Hughes does a fantastic job telling about and Army Ranger in his 2005 story Search and Destroy. It tells about a man named rick and how he ended up in war torn Vietnam during the 1970s.
He meets men such as Kent and his best friend, Preacher. He learns a lot about...more
Dean Hughes does a fantastic job telling about and Army Ranger in his 2005 story Search and Destroy. It tells about a man named rick and how he ended up in war torn Vietnam during the 1970s.
He meets men such as Kent and his best friend, Preacher. He learns a lot about...more
This was a story about an immature 18-year-old who decides to join the military mostly because he has to get away from an overbearing father. He also hopes to prove his manhood. Unfortunately, he makes this decision as the Vietnam war rages on. Rick who has always wanted to be a writer keeps a journal of the events of his life in the military. Rick gets his wish and learns a whole lot more that he would rather not have known. When he is sent back to the states after being wounded while trying...more
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This book was about this guy. He is fed up with his daddy and doesn’t like his situation at home. So he Enlists in special training to become an army ranger. So he does his thing in basic training, running and what not. Then he gets shipped off to Vietnam and when he gets there there is this guy that asks him if he wants to be in a special squad called “lurp unit” and pretty much what they do is go into the jungle and kill the Congs and then come back to came. He meets pretty cool people too. B...more
The Book read was Search and Destroy by Dean Hughes. I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars because i liked the book but it seemed to ramble on about random things sometimes. This book was mainly about a young boy named Rick who graduated highschool with no money for college. He decided to join the army to get new experiences for his writing and plus it paid for his college. The genre of this book is historical fiction. I think that the intended audience for this book is anyone who wants to know t...more
It's certainly not a perfect or life changing book, but a seventh grade boy recommended this to me as the best book he'd ever read, and now I understand why. Explores some deep issues, including the conflict between war and Christianity (a Mormon character, unusual in itself, is also a volunteer fighting in Vietnam), and what it means to be a patriot, a soldier, and an invader of another country. This could spark discussions about American military involvement currently around the world (diffe...more
3/22/11
Rick just graduated from high school and he doesnt know what do to, he says he wants to write but he doesnt have anything to write about, he wants to live new experiences and the he could have something to write about. also, he doesnt have enough money to go to college so he decides to join the army.
3/24/11
Rick has passed the basic training and he is already in Vietnam and someone tells him about the rangers and he decides to go to ranger school and jo...more
Rick just graduated from high school and he doesnt know what do to, he says he wants to write but he doesnt have anything to write about, he wants to live new experiences and the he could have something to write about. also, he doesnt have enough money to go to college so he decides to join the army.
3/24/11
Rick has passed the basic training and he is already in Vietnam and someone tells him about the rangers and he decides to go to ranger school and jo...more
Rick Ward, a recent high school graduate in southern California isn't sure what he wants to do next with his life, so he joins the army, trains as a paratrooper, and joins the Charlie Rangers in Vietnam (1969) shortly after arriving with his airborne unit. He spends time thinking about the purpose of the war, what he specifically is doing, and he gets to know one of his platoon mates, Kent (The Preacher). He describes a few missions. He gets to know a South Vietnamese taxi driver and family, and...more
This book Search And Destroy by Dean Hughes was a 2 star. This book is relatively the same as Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. This book is about a boy who has not had many experiences in his lifetime. Vietnam is nearly over and the hippie scene is still going on. He realizes the life he has with his friends isn't very fun anymore. His best friend has just turned his back on him and his other best friend's act is getting old. He volunteers for the army and he is shipped off to basic training,...more
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I am reading Search & Destroy By Dean Hughes. Its about A boy named Rick Ward, a kid just out of high school with no real life experience. Only fun & obnoxious memories from high school. He has no clue of what he wants in life or where he wants to go. He loves to write in a journal about everything and anything but isnt sure if being a writer is what he wants to be for the rest of his life. Rick finds out from his girlfriend Judy that he isn't going to be anything in life if he doesnt get his ac...more
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Military history is a subject that is difficult to capture, especily historical military histoy novels. Dean Hughes clearly did his reserch for Search And Destroy. This book takes the reader up close and personal with the prossces and the decisions made for a young adult to join the army. Among doing this touching on a difficult subject in american history, the Vietnam War. I like to see myself as a person who it takes a lot to get to(make me cry, but at the end of this book it took a lot to hol...more
Plenty of real teenage angst in the midst of the "historical" Vietnam War. Perhaps not enough drugs, sex, violence, or even misery to suit most of my students, but some will enjoy the simplicity of the plot and will realize that guys such as themselves made the choice to go to war based on a lack of choices in their world. I hope it will resonate in their own lives...I'll bet I can talk a few into reading this one!
Rick leaves high school and joins the army during the Vietnam War. He is chosen for Special Forces, and goes to jump school. When he gets to Vietnam, he volunteers for long-range jungle patrols, and discovers that his fellow soldiers don't believe they are accomplishing anything for the most part. Heavy duty battle scenes, with philosophical questions about the purpose and cost of war from a soldier's point of view.
I thought that search and Destroy was a great book. I liked this book because it seemed more personal than many other war related books. This book was about a boy named Rick who just graduated high school and wanted to go into the marines to get more experiences to write about because he wanted to be a journalist. I feel he also did it to get away from his ex-girlfriend and parents. When Rick returned home he was a verry different man.
My book is about living a life where not alot goes your way . The narrator lives a life where he has no money and his dad kicked him out the house . What is there next to do ? So he went to the army and began his mission of becoming something in life ! He became very special and one of the main people in the army ! He was one on top.
this book is about a guy named Rick Ward. he is going to war because he lost his job and his dad is mad at him and kicked him out of the house so he decides to go to war. i like this book because this book is interesting and shows the real life about war. and war is very different its like hell.
I gave this book five stars because the book has a ton of exitment and kept me reading. It is one of those books that hooks you right away. I loved this book because it has to do with war. There isn't a thing i didn't like about this book, it kept me reading without a single boring part.
This is a genre that Hughes really understands and a place where he excels. Another fine story of what war is like from both sides of the picture. Great follow-up to Soldier Boys with new characters and a new war. This one's set in VietNam.
I thought this was a good book at the end Rick and his squad go on a scout mission and one of them gets shot in the river and almost drowns except rick goes and saves him and then on the way up Rick also gets shot so he is sent back home to recover. I thought this was a good book full of action and I would defiantly would suggest this to a friend. The beginning was boring though.
A good quick read, except that I was actually able to put it down for 2 months, which isn't a good sign. The last half captured me until I cried, but the first half was boring to an adult. Reading the thoughts of a boy justifying going to war just to "prove himself," "find himself," or "become a man" is not enjoyable, and of course I knew how that would turn out. It's why I can't stand to read my old journals. I'm sure that an 8th-grader would find that part of th...more
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This book is a good book. I would like to recommend shimoni butler, because he really like these kind of books. He would like it because it is about a war and they have to find the bomb and blow it up and it is a good book for people who like war books and games.
I really enjoyed this book. It gives an amazing personal (fictous) "First peron" viewpoint, while at the same time focuses on the real live battles that happened in the Vietnam conflict!
A great Vietnam perspective from the fictional life of a young HS Grad in California that wants to 'find himself'. Well researched story and visually impactful in my mind.
This book was a great adventure it was thrilling and captivating it kept me on the side of my chair the hole time. The suspense is unreal in this book it kept me interested. It all started out when Rick Ward wanted to do something with his life. He wanted to become a writer but he didn't know what to write about. He decided to go into the army, at that time the Vietnam war was going on. A few months later Rick was in the jungle with an elite group of men called Charlie Rangers. When the fire fig...more
A fairly good book.
I liked it. It gave an insight into the war that many don't seem to get. It was an honest, heart/gut-wrenching story.
I liked it. It gave an insight into the war that many don't seem to get. It was an honest, heart/gut-wrenching story.
This book has been thrilling and captivating. Its suspens was killing me in the middle it show bravery, and friendship. It all started when Rick Ward was ending high school and the vietman war had broke out about 1 year befor there school ended. When Ricks girl friend broke up with him and gave him a reality check Rick saw he had nothing to do with his life. He wanted to be an auther , but did not know what to write about he needed to go on an adveture. He did not think it would be hard. But whe...more
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it a good book about a boy name rick ward and how he is going to war
This book is about a man that really didn't know what he wanted to do with his life. He only thinks that going to the navy will prove his dad and his girlfriend wrong.
The book really related to me in a way becauseas in the story I also love my girfriend to death and thats what he did and he also loves to prove everyone wroug him but to tell you the truth about this book its was just a normal book to read nothing like "OH MY GOD." But it was just a layback book.I think you should ...more
The book really related to me in a way becauseas in the story I also love my girfriend to death and thats what he did and he also loves to prove everyone wroug him but to tell you the truth about this book its was just a normal book to read nothing like "OH MY GOD." But it was just a layback book.I think you should ...more
Rick's boss at the masonry site was proving too critical, making fun of Rick and never happy with the way Rick did his work. Rick walked away from the job and his dad kicked him out of the house. His options were slim and joining the army seemed like the best idea. He would tell the sergeant what he thought he wanted to hear in order to be recruited. He tells folks he wants to be a writer so surely a stint in Vietnam will provide him with something real to write about. What he experiences th...more
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Dean Hughes is the author of more than eighty books for young readers, including the popular sports series Angel Park All-Stars, the Scrappers series, the Nutty series, the widely acclaimed companion novels Family Pose and Team Picture, and Search and Destroy. Soldier Boys was selected for the 2001 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list. Dean Hughes and his wife, Kathleen, have three ...more
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