false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174762603m/436609.jpg 436609 11 A coming of age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, <b>Fallen Angels</b> 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. <b>Fallen Angels</b> won the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award. 2355742 1984 Fallen Angels total:1033|5:326|4:379|3:255|2:58|1:16| 1033 4042 1429 258 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 11:42:48 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 12:04:36 -0800 2009
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The book Fallen Angels takes place in the Vietnam War. It is about a group of american soldiers that are stuck in war. The characters are Richie, Peewee, Brunner, Johnsen, Monaco, and Walowick. There main goal is to leave alive becau...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 15:28:55 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 15:29:37 -0700 2009
While slightly out of date, the underlying point of the story remains true. War is unimaginable unless you are there on the front lines. Perry is 18 when he joins and is sent to the front lines. In fact, his whole squad is under the age of 20. In this day and age, when s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 21 09:23:39 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 18:27:34 -0800 2009
VOYA Book Review Codes ~ Quality 5Q; Popularity 2P & 4P; Grade Level S

Developmental Assets: 3, 28, 30, 32, 33

This book is going to draw readers with an interest in the realities of war - specifically, the Vietnam War. The reade...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 14:07:35 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 16:47:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 08:11:30 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 13:54:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 22:17:02 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 22:59:28 -0700 2009
Walter Dean Myers has done it again. He has once again captured a story about young men in an almost flawless attempt at dipicting Vietnam in Fallen Angels. Richie Perry is a young man from Brooklyn who just go out of high school. Richie loved playing ball and being with his li...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 11:28:20 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 16:11:02 -0800 2009 Fallen Angels depicts a gritty portrayal of the Vietnam War. It is told through the voice of Perry, a poor soldier who has found himself fighting a war that he doesn't understand in a foreign country. Perry describes his fellow soldiers, his surroundings, and the many missions he must perform. Th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 22 17:09:15 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 16:49:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 20:33:28 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 20:35:15 -0800 2009
The main character is Perry, a young man sent to Vietnam. He is told he won’t encounter fighting because he is merely waiting for his medical file to be processed and “catch-up with him”, his knee injury will allow him to be safely shipped back home. Instead he was transfe...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Dec 13 16:54:28 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 16:54:28 -0800 2008 Maybe this was the latent planting of the seed of my love of this era of history - Vietnam and the counterculture revolution of the 1960s. God, I...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 13:56:23 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 13:04:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 14:36:31 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 15:45:39 -0800 2009 Richi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 19 18:44:03 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 15:07:38 -0800 2009 Aspects of the work that appeal, or do not appeal to teens:
The close friendships that develop between the boys, particularly Richard and Peewee, are something that everyone can relate to. This ability to trust those who are practically strangers with intimate details of your life in the World...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=436609