Boots on the Ground

Title: Boots on the Ground
Book List: Award Winning Teen Nonfiction
Published by: Viking
Author: Partridge, Elizabeth
Genre: Teen
Pages: 226
ISBN13: 9780142423752

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist (2019)

National Book Award Nominee Young People's Literature (2020)

 

In March 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops into Vietnam. 57,939 American soldiers would be killed and seventeen years would pass before this controversial chapter of American history concluded with the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982.

The history of this era is complex; the cultural impact extraordinary. But it's the personal stories of eight people--six American soldiers, one American nurse, and one Vietnamese refugee--that form the heartbeat of Boots on the Ground. From dense jungles and terrifying firefights to chaotic medic rescues and evacuations, each individual's story reveals a different facet of the war and moves readers forward in time. Alternating with these chapters are profiles of key American leaders and events, reminding readers what was happening at home, including Kent State, Woodstock, and Watergate.

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