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Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the timeline of the Vietnam War, including the causes of the conflict and the role played by the United States' involvement, and explores the war's impact upon today's political and cultural development.
2) Vietnam War
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The story of the war in Vietnam, told in text and pictures. Vietnam War complements the new look of the Eyewitness series by touring the major battles of the Vietnam conflict. Traces the history of the unpopular war that killed over 58,000 Americans, discussing the causes and effects, leaders, major battles, guerrilla warfare, aerial bombing, weaponry, peace negotiations, and lessons learned.
4) Anthem
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
The remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across American in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of the time, this is the masterful story of what it's like to be young and American in troubled times.
7) Park's quest
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel in verse inspired by the author's experience follows Hà and her family, refugees from the Vietnam War, as they move to Texas for a new job, and despite not wanting to start over again, Hà discovers unwanted change can bring a good opportunity.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Desperate to keep her older brother from being drafted in the Vietnam War, eleven-year-old Reenie strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mr. Marsworth, an elderly shut-in, who helps her in her mission"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they were wrong, and the result was the death of 58,000 American...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1971, twelve-year-old Lucy Rossi's dad returns from Vietnam after losing part of his arm. Her whole family must learn to adjust to a new dynamic, but Lucy's friend Milo unknowingly helps her navigate the difficult time of fear and uncertainty and realize that she is much tougher than she thought.
15) Vietnam War POWs
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
188 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.
19) Noodle pie
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller Book
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Andy's father is a former refugee from Vietnam. 15-year old Andy and his father go to Vietnam and meet relatives who speak a different language, seem to be greedy and impatient and run a pretty crummy restaurant. For Andy Vietnam becomes a place for learning how to see things in a whole new way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
188 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the war in Vietnam and the tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.
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