Fallen Angels (Special Anniversary)

Title: Fallen Angels (Special Anniversary)
Author: Walter Dean Myers
ISBN: 9780545055765
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Published: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Anniversary
Number of Pages: 336
Section: Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
Publisher Description: An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of SUNRISE OVER FALLUJA in hardcover.

A coming-of-age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, this 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 even there at all.