On blood road : a vietnam war novel /

Taylor is a rebellious teenager with a habit of sneaking out to hang with his anti-war friends, so in January 1968 his mother drags him off to Saigon where his father is attached to the United States embassy; bored (and still rebellious) Taylor sneaks out of the embassy to watch the Tet celebrations...

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Main Author: Watkins, Steve, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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