Shooting the Moon
Title
:
Shooting the Moon
Personal Author EPSB
:
Frances O'Roark. Dowell
Summary
:
When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters from the front lines describing the excitement of real-life combat: the sound of helicopters, the smell of gunpowder, the exhilaration of being right in the thick of it. After all, they've both dreamed of following in the footsteps of their father, the Colonel. But TJ's first letter isn't a letter at all. It's a roll of undeveloped film, the first of many. What Jamie sees when she develops TJ's photographs reveals a whole new side of the war. Slowly the shine begins to fade off of Army life - and the Colonel. How can someone she's worshipped her entire life be just as helpless to save her brother as she is?
Year Published
:
2010
Physical Description
:
163 pages ; 20 cm
Edition
:
1st pbk. ed.
Note
:
This title may be found in the Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Purple System Choice Library Grade 5 Level T kit.
Grade Interest level
:
7-10
Program Information
:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 4.0 119938
Accelerated Reader 5.3 4.0
Awards
:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Corporate Subject
:
United States. Army -- Fiction.
Subject
:
Military bases -- Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Fiction.
Coming of age -- Fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
Summary
:
When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters from the front lines describing the excitement of real-life combat: the sound of helicopters, the smell of gunpowder, the exhilaration of being right in the thick of it. After all, they've both dreamed of following in the footsteps of their father, the Colonel. But TJ's first letter isn't a letter at all. It's a roll of undeveloped film, the first of many. What Jamie sees when she develops TJ's photographs reveals a whole new side of the war. Slowly the shine begins to fade off of Army life - and the Colonel. How can someone she's worshipped her entire life be just as helpless to save her brother as she is?
ISBN
:
9781416979869
Publisher
:
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Westbrook | F DOW | Book | 30197000136620 | Historical Fiction |
| Westbrook | F DOW | Book | 30197000136711 | Historical Fiction |