num_pages: 309
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 there at all.
language: English
title: Fallen Angels
titlecomplete: Fallen Angels
genres: Historical, Military Fiction, Young Adult, Banned Books, School, African American, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Read For School
ratings_count: 11157
places: Vietnam
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Charlotte Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Keystone to Reading Book Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: SCHOLASTIC INC. @