March 27, 2008-My first visit to the Washington, D. C. area includes an early morning stop at the Vietnam Memorial. As a (non-combat) Vietnam era vet, I was a little unsure of how it would go for me.
April 15, 2008- Reading Katherine Paterson's Park's Quest helps me humanize the shiny marble endless list of names; remember the men I knew who didn't return; and empathize again with my friends who came back alive, but have never been the same.
Although written at a sixth grade vocabulary level, this is definitely Young Adult material, with a few crude phrases and themes not for the under 15 crowd.
Gary Schmidt thinks Paterson (Bridge to Terebithia, etc.) is the most important writer for young people in the 20th century. What do you think?
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