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Veterans

Never Fade Away

William Hart

An untenured instructor at a state university in mid-1980s Los Angeles goes against the system to help ethnic minority and immigrant students succeed.

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The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

Contains a collection related fiction short stories with recurring characters, interwoven plot and themes told by a foot soldier retelling his experiences in the Vietnam War.

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Heroes

Robert Cormier

After joining the army at fifteen and having his face blown away by a grenade in a battle in France, Francis returns home to Frenchtown hoping to find--and kill--the former childhood hero he feels bet

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Waiting for an Army to Die

Fred Wilcox

Relates the increasing evidence that soldiers in Vietnam were exposed to dioxin and that this exposure is terribly dangerous over the long term.

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Sentries

Gary Paulsen

The common theme of nuclear disaster and human vulnerability interweaves the lives of four young people, an Ojibway Indian, an illegal Mexican migrant worker, a rock musician, and a sheep rancher's da

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The Car

Gary Paulsen

A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.

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Heroes

Robert Cormier

After joining the army at fifteen and having his face blown away by a grenade in a battle in France, Francis returns home to Frenchtown hoping to find--and kill--the former childhood hero he feels bet

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COR

The Car

Gary Paulsen

A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.

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Pau

Sentries

Gary Paulsen

The common theme of nuclear disaster and human vulnerability interweaves the lives of four young people, an Ojibway Indian, an illegal Mexican migrant worker, a rock musician, and a sheep rancher's da

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PAU