false 2205226 6 Operation Iraqi Freedom, that's the code name. But the young men and women in the military's Civil Affairs Battalion have a simpler name for it: WAR. <br><br> In this new novel, Walter Dean Myers looks at a contemporary war with the same power and searing insight he brought to the Vietnam war of his classic, FALLEN ANGELS. He creates memorable characters like the book's narrator, Birdy, a young recruit from Harlem who's questioning why he even enlisted; Marla, a blond, tough-talking, wisecracking gunner; Jonesy, a guitar-playing bluesman who just wants to make it back to Georgia and open a club; <br><br> and a whole unit of other young men and women and drops them incountry in Iraq, where they are supposed to help secure and stabilize Iraq and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. The young civil affairs soldiers soon find their definition of "winning" ever more elusive and their good intentions being replaced by terms like "survival" and "despair." <br><br> Caught in the crossfire, Myers' richly rendered characters are just beginning to understand the meaning of war in this powerful, realistic novel of our times. 2210990 4 2008 Sunrise Over Fallujah total:387|5:86|4:136|3:110|2:44|1:11| 387 1403 656 166 5 1 false false Sun Sep 28 08:26:29 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 08:26:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 12:03:41 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 07:45:51 -0700 2008 Fallen Angels. Consequently, I expected this book to be as good as the first one and, unfortunately, it's not. Perhaps it's because we're still in the midst of the Iraq War, without the advantage of time Myers had when he wrote Fallen...more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Feb 12 04:51:14 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 04:56:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 16:13:10 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 16:16:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Mar 30 08:58:53 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 10:49:52 -0700 2009
In this new novel, Walter Dean Myers looks at a contemporary war with the same power and searing insight he brought to the Vietnam war of h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 08:24:05 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 08:25:02 -0800 2009 3/2/09
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“Sunrise over Fallujah” was written by Walter Dean Myers and is a realistic fiction story about a young man named Robin “Birdy” Perry who is a new army recruit from Harlem. He is your average mid- tw...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 16:55:24 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 17:56:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:20:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:34:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 07:40:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 08:48:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 17:25:23 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 17:34:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 16:52:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:48:33 -0700 2009
A book for kids about soldiers fighting in Iraq is important, and there is some very strong and excellent writing in this book, but... The setting of this story is 1993. Because the Iraq War stil...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 11:41:44 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 07:45:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 11:30:12 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 10:39:35 -0700 2009
--Sunrise Over Fallujah, P. 125

This book really is tremendously impactful, and the story has reverberated in my mind long after I turned the final page. The war action did...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 16:42:59 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 17:17:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 09:11:02 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 15:45:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 19:57:17 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:58:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 05:51:02 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 17:00:59 -0700 2009 Tamarfrom this last year's Tayshas list and I liked it, too. The st...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 11:50:33 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 10:29:12 -0700 2008
9/26/08 I have to say I find this a bit slow going, perhaps because I am reading about the start of a war that is still ongoing. We may buy this just cause the boys like this author and because they can ce...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 10:59:46 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:59:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 10:51:13 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 10:54:40 -0700 2009 more...]]>