Walter Dean Myers was born on Augin Martinsburg, West Virginia but moved to Harlem with his foster parents at age three. Here we see the bold terror of war, and also the nuanced havoc that affects a young person's psyche while living in a barrack, not knowing if today he will end up dead or alive. Set on the front lines of the Normandy invasion, this novel, rendered with heart-in-the-throat precision, is a cinematic masterpiece. When Josiah and Marcus come together in what will be the greatest test of their lives, they learn hard lessons about race, friendship, and what it really means to fight. In small towns and big cities all over the globe, people are filled with fear. World War II is ramping up, and so are these young recruits, ready and eager. One white, one black, these young men have nothing in common and everything in common as they approach an experience that will change them forever. Their whole lives are ahead of them, yet at the same time, death's whisper is everywhere. Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry are on their way to an uncertain future. Walter Dean Myers brilliantly renders the realities of World War II.
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