Sunrise Over Fallujah

Sunrise Over Fallujah
ISBN-10
0545232023
ISBN-13
9780545232029
Category
Young Adult Fiction
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2010-02-01
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Author
Walter Dean Myers

Description

From Walter Dean Myers comes a powerful and timely novel about the heroics and horror of war---a gripping companion to FALLEN ANGELS. Robin "Birdy" Perry, a new army recruit from Harlem, isn't quite sure why he joined the army, but he's sure where he's headed: Iraq. Birdy and the others in the Civilian Affairs Battalion are supposed to help secure and stabilize the country and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. Officially, the code name for their maneuvers is Operation Iraqi Freedom. But the young men and women in the CA unit have a simpler name for it: WAR

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