Lost in the War
by Nancy Antle
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Twelve-year-old Lisa Grey struggles to cope with a mother whose traumatic experiences as a nurse in Vietnam during the war are still haunting her.Tags
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meggyweg The story of a Vietnamese boy who was adopted by a loving American family but remains haunted by his war experiences in Vietnam. Could be studied alongside Lost in the War, as both books are about the aftermath of the conflict.
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Lisa is the oldest of two daughters and tries to take the responsibility of caring for her mother who has horrific flashbacks to when she was nurse in the Vietnam war. In addition to these painful flashbacks, Lisa's father was killed in the war. Lisa's mother begins to find solace when she meets a a fellow Vietnam veteran who lost a leg in the war. Lisa, her family, and new friends travel to Washington DC to see the unveiling of the Vietnam War memorial. I love this book because it does a great job describing PTSD on a level that children can understand. It also shows the difficulties of children who lost a parent during a war.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1998
- People/Characters
- Lisa Grey; Jenny Grey; Mary Ann Grey; Matt
- Dedication
- For Linda Gerner, sister and friend, with love
- First words
- Sometime that night I woke up standing beside my bed.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then Mom, Jenny, and I knelt there with our arms around each other for a long time - starng at our reflection in Dad's name.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Tween, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 823.0872 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fiction
- LCC
- PZ7 .A6294 .L — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 95
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.39)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 1
