Title: Fallen Angels
Product review: Eighteen year old Richie Perry has enlisted in the Army during Vietnam in order to be able to send money home to his mother and brother. He has a medical excuse which prevents from being in active combat. Unfortunately, his medical file does not follow him to Vietnam. Perry is placed in a squadron with soldiers not much older than he, and together they must face life, death, killing and destruction, all while trying to stay alive amidst grenades, active mines and the Vietcong. This book is a powerful look at the fear which encompassed the soldiers during this terrible war. You will cry with Richie as he sees fellow soldiers killed senselessly and you will be scared with him as he waits, quietly for Vietcong soldiers to pass by without seeing him. Walter Dean Myers brings the young fighting men to life in this inspiring novel of courage and honor.
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