Monday, March 30, 2015

Death Coming Up The Hill

Crowe, Chris.  Death Coming Up The Hill.  2014  HMH Books for Young Readers.

Hardcover, $12.74.
DEATH COMING UP THE HILL.ISBN: 978-0544302150

Book Talk:

The time is 1968.  In South East Asia, the Vietnam War is being waged.  Hundreds of our young men are dying every single week.

In the United States, a young boy named Ashe is struggling with understanding - who he is, what the war is about, and where his place in the world is.

In horrid fascination, he watches as his own world falls apart, mirroring the chaos in Eastern Asia.

And then, a young girl enters his life, and Ashe finds purpose, meaning, and love in the midst of chaos.

But no matter what, in 1968, when you are a young man facing your 18th birthday, you are facing the knowledge that you will be drafted into the United States Army and could very well be dead at the hands of the Viet Kong in less than a year.

As Ashe struggles with the reality of his world falling apart around him, he makes decisions that will forever change his future.

Author's Web Site:
http://www.chriscrowe.com/