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001 819C7A60BE4E11E49F706BC5DAD10320
003 SILO
005 20150227010134
008 080703s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u
020    $a 1436106842
020    $a 9781436106849
040    $d IaEs $d SILO
100 1  $a Myers, Walter Dean, $d 1937-
245 10 $a Sunrise over Fallujah [sound recording] / $c Walter Dean Myers.
264  1 $a Prince Frederick, MD :  $b Recorded Books,  $c 2008.
300    $a 7 compact discs (7.5 hrs.) : $b Unabridged.
511    $a Jackson, JD, narrator.
520    $a In this companion to "Fallen Angels" (1988), Coretta Scott King award-winner Myers introduces readers to Robin "Birdy" Perry, a young African-American soldier who enlists in the Army instead of attending college. Part of the Civil Affairs unit in Iraq, Robin and his fellow soldiers are sent on a variety of missions, which mostly focus on forming relationships and building trust with Iraqi citizens. As the war progresses, reasons for occupying the Middle Eastern country become increasingly blurry for Robin, but he remains optimistic about his service despite all the tragedies surrounding him. "This is an important volume ... expertly evok[ing] the beauty of Iraq and the ugliness of war.
541    $d 20080703.
650  7 $a African Americans $v Young adult fiction.
650  0 $a War $v Young adult fiction.
650  0 $a Iraq War, 2003- $v Young adult fiction.
655  4 $a War stories. $v Young adult fiction.
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952    $l EBPE325 $d 20150227011445.0
956    $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=819C7A60BE4E11E49F706BC5DAD10320

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