{"title":"Young Adult Fiction - Historical - Exploration \u0026 Discovery","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"fallen-angels-9781546146964","title":"Fallen Angels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by National Ambassador of Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds and bonus material by Coretta Scott King Award winner Christopher Myers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA coming-of-age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, this is the story of Perry, a Harlem teenager who volunteers for the service when his dream of attending college falls through. Sent to the front lines, Perry and his platoon come face-to-face with the Vietcong and the real horror of warfare. But violence and death aren't the only hardships. 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