The Vietnam War for Younger Readers: OBOC Fall 2003 Further ReadingLike this list

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• Almost Forever

  Testa, Maria

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  Live the year 1968 through the lyrical, painful and hopeful expressions of a family whose father is in Vietnam trying to save lives. (Ages 9-12)

• Always to Remember

  the Story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

  Ashabranner, Brent K., 1921-2016

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  Take a tour of this powerful and important monument in Washington, D.C., and meet the man who worked tirelessly to have it created and the woman who designed it. (Ages 10 and up)

• The Century for Young People

  Armstrong, Jennifer, 1961-

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  The war in Vietnam was a major event of the 20th century and, with strong photographs and powerful words, this book examines its place in our history. (Ages 9-13)

• Fallen Angels

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

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  Richie Perry left a tough life in the inner city for the Army and fought even more horrific battles in Vietnam. (Ages 14 and up)

• The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps

  White, Ellen Emerson

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  Instead of college, 18-year-old Patrick chooses to join the Marines, and this imaginary journal follows him from home to basic training to the misery of war in Vietnam. From the "My Name Is America" series. (Ages 11-15)

• Patrol

  An American Soldier in Vietnam

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

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  This book takes the reader right inside the heart-pounding emotions of a soldier who sees with his own eyes that his enemy is only another young man. (Ages 10 and up)

• Voices From Vietnam

  Denenberg, Barry

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  This is an amazing chronological collection of first-person accounts of what it was like to fight in America’s longest war. (Ages 12 and up)

• The Wall

  Bunting, Eve, 1928-2023

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  Pay a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial with a boy and his father who go to remember and pay tribute to a beloved family member. (Ages 7-10)

• Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

  the Diary of Molly Mackenzie Flaherty

  White, Ellen Emerson

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  Patrick’s younger sister is home in Boston and trying to come to terms with what the war means as she records her thoughts about the world in her diary. From the "Dear America" series. (Ages 11-15)