Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam Paperback - 2005
by Walter Dean Myers; Ann Grifalconi (Illustrator)
From Printz Award-winning author Myers and Caldecott Honor artist Grifalconi comes a gripping and powerful story told in verse that takes readers into the heart and mind of a young soldier's haunting, unforgettable experience in Vietnam. Full color.
First line
From the rear cover
Vietnam.
A young American soldier waits for his enemy, rifle in hand, finger on the trigger. He is afraid to move and yet afraid not to move. Gunshots crackle in the still air. The soldier fires blindly into the distant trees at an unseen enemy. He crouches and waits -- heart pounding, tense and trembling, biting back tears. When will it all be over?
Walter Dean Myers joined the army on his seventeeth birthday, at the onset of American involvement in Vietnam, but it was the death of his brother in 1968 that forever changed his mind about war.
In a gripping and powerful story-poem, the award-winning author takes readers into the heart and mind of a young soldier in an alien land who comes face-to-face with the enemy. Strikingly illustrated with evocative and emotionally wrenching collages by Caldecott Honor artist Ann Grifalconi, this unforgettable portrait captures one American G.L's haunting experience.
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- Title Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam
- Author Walter Dean Myers; Ann Grifalconi (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 40
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins
- Date January 4, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780060731595 / 0060731591
- Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.32 x 9.72 x 0.15 in (21.13 x 24.69 x 0.38 cm)
- Ages 06 to 10 years
- Grade levels 1 - 5
- Reading level 560
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 1970's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
- Library of Congress subjects Soldiers, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Black Issues Book Review, 05/01/2005, Page 66
- Booklist, 12/15/2004, Page 731
- Ingram Children's Advance, 01/01/2005, Page 55
- Kliatt, 01/01/2005, Page 28
- Publishers Weekly, 01/03/2005, Page 0
- PW Notes and Reprints, 01/03/2005, Page 58
- School Library Journal, 04/01/2005, Page 57
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