num_pages: 192
description: AMARYLLIS. It was the name of the ship that ran aground on Singer Island, Florida, during a hurricane in 1965. It became a battle cry for Jimmy Staples and his older brother, Frank, and a code word for going surfing together. But now that eighteen-year-old Frank is off battling the enemy (and his own addictive demons) in Vietnam and fifteen-year-old Jimmy is left to deal with the repercussions at home, "Amaryllis" takes on an ominous new meaning - a symbol of what happens when life places the unexpected in our paths. Craig Crist-Evans has written a wrenching novel of a family whose internal battles chase one son away - into the clutches of a war and an enemy he could never have imagined. Told both from a soldier's view and by the brother he leaves behind, Amaryllis is an ideal choice for students learning about the Vietnam era, or for any reader curious about the reality of war.
language: English
title: Amaryllis
titlecomplete: Amaryllis
genres: Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 79
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Candlewick