Lynch, Chris Sharpshooter (Vietnam 2), 185 p. Scholastic, 2012. $17. Violence: R. Once there were four friends – but that was before the war. Now they are each somewhere, somewhere they can’t be together. Ivan has always been the one eager for war – and straight he goes into the Army and straight into training as a sharpshooter. On the ground in Vietnam is much different than picking off targets, but Ivan is in pursuit of his sniper dream. On his days off, however, he heads out voluntarily with an elite group of marksmen – and what he does there will change him forever.
Right up to the last seven pages, I was happy – gritty, but happy – and then my dreams were dashed. Lynch made that step from implied violence to graphic violence – the step that takes this particular book from the upper elementary right past it older middle school or high school. This may be a good series for your struggling high school readers, but war is a hard subject to make palatable for the younger ones. MS - OPTIONAL; HS – ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library Teacher
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