Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
Youth Services Department

Young Adult Vietnam War Fiction


Antle, Nancy.  Lost in the War.  Y FIC Antle
Twelve-year-old Lisa Grey struggles to cope with a mother whose traumatic experiences as a nurse in Vietnam during the war are still haunting her.

Boyd, Candy Dawson. Charlie Pippin. J FIC Boyd
Spunky eleven-year-old Charlie hopes to understand her rigid father by finding out everything she can about the Vietnam War, the war that let him survive but killed his dreams.

Couloumbis, Audrey. Summer's End.  Y FIC Couloumbis
Three teenaged cousins worry about their uncle who is missing in Vietnam, their brothers--the one who was drafted and the two who are dodging the draft, and the effects of their absence on the four generations gathered at the family farm in the summer of 1965.

Crist-Evans,  Craig. Amaryllis.  Y Fic Crist-Evans
Jimmy and his older brother Frank share a love of surfing and their problems with a drunken father, until Frank turns eighteen and goes to Vietnam.

Hahn, Mary Downing. December Stillness.  J FIC Hahn
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.

Jones, Adrienne.  Long Time Passing. Y FIC Jones
In the turbulence of the late 1960s, while his father is serving as a Marine officer in Vietnam, seventeen-year-old Jonas falls in love with a free-spirited flower child active in the peace movement and begins to question his own attitude toward the Vietnamese War.

Mason, Bobbie Ann.  In Country.  (Adult Section) Fic Mason // PB M
Sam's quest to find out about her father's death in the war leads her to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial where she is able to touch his name.

Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen angels. Y PB Myers
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.

Nelson, Theresa.  And One For All. Y FIC Nelson
Geraldine's close relationship with her older brother Wing and his friend Sam changes when Wing joins the Marines and Sam leaves for Washington to join a peace march.

Paterson, Katherine. Park's Quest.  J FIC Paterson
Eleven-year-old Park makes some startling discoveries when he travels to his grandfather's farm in Virginia to learn about his father who died in the Vietnam War.

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