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• Book Review from Amazon.com:
  A coming of age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, Fallen Angels 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. Fallen Angels won the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award.
  
  
• School Library Journal Review: Gr 10 Up A riveting account of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a young black soldier. Richie Perry, a 17 year old from Harlem, arrrives in Vietnam in 1967. His first-person narrative provides an immediacy to the events and characters revealed. His experiences become readers' experiences, as do his fears and his insight about this war, any war. "We spent another day lying around. It seemed to be what the war was about. Hours of boredom, seconds of terror." During one of those terrifying times, a large number of American soldiers are killed. Because they cannot be carried back, the decision is made to burn the bodies. "I was afraid of the dead guys. I saw them, arms limp, faces sometimes twisted in anguish, mostly calm, and I was afraid of them. They were me. We wore the same uniform, were the same height, had the same face. They were me, and they were dead." In the end, when Richie is wounded, he returns home. This is a compelling, graphic, necessarily gruesome, and wholly plausible novel. It neither condemns nor glorifies the war but certainly causes readers to think about the events. Other difficult issues, such as race and the condition of the Vietnamese people, are sensitively and realistically incorporated into the novel. The soldiers' language is raw, but appropriate to the characters. This is a book which should be read by both young adults and adults. Maria B. Salvadore, District of Columbia Public Library.

• Antle, Nancy. Lost In The War. New York : Puffin, 2000, c1998.
  PB 2 ANT 
  
  
• Bunting, Eve, 1928-. The Wall. New York : Clarion Books, c1990.
  E BUN
  
  
• Crist-Evans, Craig. Amaryllis. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2003.
  YA CR
  
  
• McKay, Lawrence, 1948-. Journey Home. 1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c1998.
  F MCK
  
  
• Nelson, Theresa, 1948-. And One For All. New York : Orchard Books, c1989.
  YA NEL
  
  
• Paulsen, Gary. The Car. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1994. 
  YA PAU
  
  
• Surat, Michele Maria. Angel Child, Dragon Child. Milwaukee: Raintree Publishers, 1983.
  E SUR
  
  
• Whelan, Gloria. Goodbye, Vietnam. New York : Knopf, 1992.
  F WHE
  
  
• White, Ellen Emerson. The Road Home. New York : Scholastic, c1995.
  YA WHI
  

Related Non-Fiction Books At Falk Library:

• Chant, Christopher. The Vietnam War: The Early Days. Marshall Cavendish, 1992. 
  355.009 CHA 
  
  
• Chant, Christopher. The Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive Onward. Marshall Cavendish, 1992.
  355.009 CHA 
  
  
• Cole, Wendy M. Vietnam. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.
  959.7 COL 
  
  
• Garland, Sherry. Vietnam, Rebuilding A Nation. Minneapolis,MN: Dillon Press, 1990.
  959.7 GAR 
  
  
• Hoobler, Dorothy. Vietnam, Why We Fought: An Illustrated History. New York: Knopf, Distributed by Random House, 1990.
  959.704 HOO
  
  
• Imbriaco, Alison. Vietnam. Berkeley Heights, NJ: MyReportLinks.com Books, 2004. 
  959.704 IMB 

• The History Channel - Search "Vietnam war"
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS): Battlefield Vietnam, History
• WGBH-Boston with PBS Online: Vietnam
• National Archives: Digital Classroom:  The War in Vietnam - A Story in Photographs
  Scroll down to "The Documents" section for links to pictures.