Title: December stillness
Description: Fourteen-year-old Kelly tries to befriend Mr. Weems, a disturbed, homeless Vietnam War veteran who spends his days in her suburban library, though the man makes it clear he wants to be left alone.
Subjects: Homeless persons, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Veterans, Fiction, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, PTSD, Children's fiction, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction
Places: Vietnam
Time periods: 1980s, Maryland