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Bezig met laden... Shooting the Moon (2008)door Frances O'Roark Dowell
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Classic O'Roark Dowelll writing. She perfectly captures the Vietnam era and voice of a young teen whose brother has just been shipped off to Vietnam. The daughter of an army colonel, she laments the fact that she won't have the opportunity to serve her country and make her father proud. Over the course of the story she begins to analyze her feelings about war as she views the camera film her brother sends her and tries to understand why her father, the stalwart colonel, resisted her brother's desire to go to Vietnam. Written in the down home conversational tone typical of O'Roark Dowell. Twelve-year-old Jamie and her brother TJ have grown up with the mantra, "The Army way is the right way." So Jamie doesn't understand why her colonel father is not thrilled when TJ enlists to serve in Vietnam. As TJ mails Jamie rolls of film from the front and she learns to develop them, her romanticized view of the war slowly changes and she gains an understanding of all the shades of gray that are involved in conflict. A beautiful story that will open middle-graders' eyes to some of the history around the Vietnam War. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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When her brother is sent to fight in Vietnam, twelve-year-old Jamie begins to reconsider the army world that she has grown up in. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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There were a couple of jarring references that seemed anachronistic, so I called my sister and invited her to travel with me in the Wayback Machine to the early 70s.
The pre-teen Jaimee wore blue jeans and carried a backpack and wore 'sneakers' and put a seat belt on automatically when getting into a car. From our recollections, blue jeans and backpacks were still considered counter-cultural, though it's possible she would have been permitted to wear 'dungarees,' but not to school. 'Tennies' would have been casual shoe wear, but also not at school. A one-strap bookbag would have been normal. Knapsacks and military surplus backpacks would have been hippie gear.
These were minor glitches though. It was a very thoughtful story and I'll probably look for more by the author.