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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Atheneum
Publication date December 27, 2005
Pages 160
Binding Hardcover
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780689870231
ISBN-10 068987023X
Dimensions 1 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight 0.70 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $16.95
Other format details juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Soldier Boys | Missing in Action | Missing in Action | Heroes Don't Run
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Hearing stories about the front lines of Vietnam, Rick Ward is eager to see the drama for himself and so joins the Charlie Rangers to make sure he finds himself in the midst of all the action, but his plans for pushing himself to the limit become reality soon enough when he finds himself in the heart of the deadly fight and sees just how ugly war truly is.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Rick Ward wants to go to war.

He doesn't know why. Maybe he's running from his dad, who has an uncontrollable temper. Maybe he's running from a lost love, his high-school sweetheart, who is a stranger to him now. Or maybe he's just running -- to find himself.

Desperate to experience real life, Rick enlists in the army with the Charlie Rangers, a special unit in Vietnam. They infiltrate the jungle, kill with precision, and get out quickly. Rick isn't sure he can shoot anyone, but he wants to be tested, like his heroes, Hemingway and Conrad. If he can see the heart of darkness and survive, he'll be a man -- and finally have something to write about.

But as Rick discovers, war isn't what anyone -- either the protestors, the politicians, or the writers -- say it is. It's far bigger, scarier, and more complicated than anything he could ever have imagined.

Dean Hughes captures the sights and sounds of war -- and the courage of a young soldier fighting to survive.

Editions
Hardcover
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from Atheneum (December 27, 2005)
9780689870231 | details & prices | 160 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.95
About: Recent high school graduate Rick Ward, undecided about his future and eager to escape his unhappy home life, joins the army and experiences the horrors of the war in Vietnam.
Paperback
Book cover for 9781416953715 Book cover for 9781481427036
 
Reprint edition from Atheneum (July 21, 2015)
9781481427036 | details & prices | 217 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.48 lbs | List price $9.99
About: A boy discovers the complexities of conflict in this fast-paced and thoughtful look at the Vietnam War from the acclaimed author of Soldier Boys and Missing in Action.
Reissue edition from Simon Pulse (January 1, 2008)
9781416953715 | details & prices | 216 pages | 4.25 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.30 lbs | List price $7.99
About: Hearing stories about the front lines of Vietnam, Rick Ward is eager to see the drama for himself and so joins the Charlie Rangers to make sure he finds himself in the midst of all the action, but his plans for pushing himself to the limit become reality soon enough when he finds himself in the heart of the deadly fight and sees just how ugly war truly is.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (January 1, 2008)
9781417811793 | details & prices | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | List price $16.00
About: Rick Ward wants to go to war.

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