Young Adult Vietnam War Fiction
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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