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Dowell, Frances O'Roark

Shooting the Moon

163 pp. | Atheneum | January, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-2690-0 $16.99
(2) 4-6 In 1969, twelve-year-old Jamie's brother, TJ, enlists and is sent to Vietnam. He sends her film, which Jamie learns to develop. First it's touristy stuff, but troubling scenes start to appear. Dowell gets the details right in Jamie's first-person telling. The story arc is complicated and unpredictable--like war--and the climax packs a wallop.
Reviewer: Robin L. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2008

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