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Robin Birdy Perry a new army recruit from Harlem isnt quite sure why hejoined the army but hes sure where hes headed Iraq. Birdy and the others inthe Civilian Affairs Battalion are supposed to help secure and stabilize thecountry and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. Officially the codename for their maneuvers is Operation Iraqi Freedom. But the young men andwomen in the CA unit have a simpler name for itWARIn this new novel Walter Dean Myers looks at contemporary war with the samepower and searing insight he brought to the Vietnam War in his classic FALLENANGELS. He creates memorable characters like the books narrator Birdy ayoung recruit from Harlem whos questioning why he even enlisted Marla atoughtalking wisecracking gunner Jonesy a guitarplaying bluesman who justwants to make it back to Georgia and open a club and a whole unit of otheryoung men and women and drops them in Iraq where they are supposed to helpsecure and stabilize Iraq and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. Theyoung civil affairs soldiers soon find their definition of winning ever moreelusive and their good intentions being replaced by terms like survival anddespair. Caught in the crossfire Myers richly rendered characters are justbeginning to understand the meaning of war in this powerful realistic novel ofour times.Astonishing.The New York Times Book ReviewUnflinching. Sunday Denver PostSuperb. San Francisco ChronicleUnforgettable. www.teanreads.comRiveting. School Library Journal starred reviewBreaks uncharted ground. Booklist starred review «
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