A group of young people--troubled David, impoverished ghetto resident Carver, and college-bound Paula--suffer through eight grueling weeks of basic training that will change them forever. Reprint. C.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Enlisting in the army for diverse personal reasons, the three teen protagonists of this spirited novel had not counted on the rigors of basic training. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 6-10-- Readers follow three teenagers--one black male, one white female, and one affluent white male--through the day-to-day rigors of basic training in the U. S. Army. Carver joins to escape a dead-end life in the ghetto, Paula wants to finance a college education and mend a broken heart, and David enlists to take on the basic find-yourself/prove-yourself-a-man challenge. Readers learn about the pre-Army lives of all three, including David's problems with his father and stepfather and Carver's concern for his younger sister coping with the advances of their mother's drug dealer boyfriend. Unfortunately, all these plot lines are stereotypical, trite, and treated superficially. Army life is covered in more detail, but, again, the plot is uninspired and predictable: basic training is grueling, their sergeant is sadistic, and they worry about not making it through. In the end, they all succeed, come to appreciate what their sergeant was doing for them, and grow up a little. While young adults may have a need for books on this subject, they also need good, creative literature.Unfortunately, this book simply covers the subject and nothing more. --Janet DiGianni, North Andover High School, MA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
