Posts Tagged ‘vietnam war’
Choke Creek





Bridle Pass Press, 2008
Fiction/Historical Fiction
ISBN: 0615220118
299 pages
Synopsis
Set in the vivid, clear light of the West, Choke Creek tells the story of two families who trace their roots to the Indian Wars. Fifteen-year-old Evie Glauber is descended from the newspaperman who reported on the famous Battle of Choke Creek, while Eason Swale, the boy she loves, is the great-grandson of a cavalryman who fought in it. Eason enlists in the Army and goes to Vietnam, but when he comes back a deserter, everything Evie believes in is thrown into question—including the truth about what really happened on the banks of Choke Creek. …
Read more »
The Wednesday Wars





Clarion Books, 2007
Historical Fiction
ISBN: 0618724834
< 272 pages
Newbery Honor Book
Synopsis
Holling Hoodhood is a normal 7th grader, just trying to get by and emerge from middle school as unscathed as possible. However, his new teacher Mrs. Baker has made this a bit difficult for him. …
Read more »
