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Sunrise Over Fallujah by: Walter Dean Myers List Price: $17.99 Childrens Bookshop Price: $12.23 You Save: $5.76 (32%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780439916240 ISBN: 0439916240 Label: Scholastic Press Manufacturer: Scholastic Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2008-04 Publisher: Scholastic Press Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Scholastic Press Sales Rank: 44380 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. 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; 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." 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Sunrise over FallujahMyers, Walter Dean. Sunrise Over Fallujah. Scholastic Press. 2008. This is a poignant story about a young black soldier from Harlem, New York who is sent to Iraq in the early days of the war; and although fiction, his impressions, experiences and friendships portray vividly the emotional tension of a war zone. The book begins with a heartfelt letter that Robin "Birdy" Perry writes to his Uncle Richie, a Vietnam vet. "Birdy" explains that he wanted to help his country after 911 and he thought ... Read More: Rating:  - An unforgettable look at a war that's all too easy to forget aboutWhat would it feel like to be fighting for your country --- and your life --- right after graduating from high school? Get a close-up view of the beginning of the current Iraq War in SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH, another powerful novel by Walter Dean Myers. Against his father's wishes, Robin Perry chooses the military over going to college in 2003. He finds himself near the border of Iraq, struggling to understand who he is and what he is doing there. Jonesy, a soldier from Georgia, is Robin's best ... Read More: Rating: - A jolt of realityIf you really want to understand what went wrong with the war in Iraq, look no further than "Sunrise Over Fallujah" by Walter Dean Myers. The first three months of the war are viewed through the eyes of Private Robin Perry - aka Birdy - who is part of a Civil Affairs Unit. The men and women in Birdy's unit are well-trained, yet ill-prepared for what awaits them on the battlefield. In the beginning their mission is to follow the invasion forces, and make contact with the Iraqi people to begin ... Read More: Rating:  - If you like war crimes...If you like war crimes, you will like this book. Because there is no doubt that Fallujah was an American war crime, far worse than the My Lai massacre of the Vietnam War. General Ricardo Sanchez, in his memoir of his service as one of George W. Bush's generals in Iraq, records Bush directing his military advisors on how to proceed at Fallujah: "Stay the course! Kill them! Be confident! Prevail! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!" Fallujah, remember, was a city like one of our cities, with ... Read More: Rating:  - Bad war, bad bookHow far should one go, to offer the benefit of the doubt? At what point does that generosity, that trust in another's basic capability despite evidence to the contrary, become a sign of foolishness on the part of the giver, the one offering the trust? When does trust become a mistake? I want to offer Walter Dean Myers the benefit of the doubt. The man has won multiple awards, writing successful and beloved young adult fiction for better than three decades; I want to believe that his most recent ... Read More: |
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