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A coming of age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, Fallen Angels 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. Fallen Angels won the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award.

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. . . as thought provoking as it is entertaining, touching and, on occasion, humorous.

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First Sentence:
"Somebody must have told them suckers I was coming." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pickup zone, wood line, spider hole, malaria pills, first platoon Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Captain Stewart, Charlie Company, Chu Lai, Lieutenant Gearhart, New York, Alpha Company, Sergeant Dongan, Fort Devens, North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, Judy Duncan, Donald Duck, Father Santora, First Cav, Khe Sanh, President Johnson,