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Free-Fire Zone (2012)

by Chris Lynch(Favorite Author)

4.3 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0545270251 (ISBN13: 9780545270250)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Scholastic Inc.

series

Vietnam

review 1: I found this book more interesting than #2. As a teacher, this book had more historical background students in my Vietnam class could learn from. There was great detail about punji sticks and the tunnel system. It also showed the perspective of a young man who goes to war and begins to find his "place" in the world as he sees it, even though others may not agree and what he is doing may not always be morally sound. As before, the book was a tough read for me as the reading level is low but would be great for my struggling readers or kids who normally do not like to read.
review 2: I have been enjoying this series where each (of 4) books focuses on one friend and his experience In Country. Rudi was the one of the four that breaks my heart the most and this is hi... mores story. I wrote earlier that Lynch manages to create a middle grade-friendly war story. The violence, by necessity, hey, it's a war story, is ratcheting up, but language-wise, remains clean. Not sure if teen readers will get Rudi's transformation in the same way this old goat does, but fans of the series will most certainly gobble this one and ask for Beck's story ASAP. less

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