Fallen Angels

AWESOME BOOK

This is the best book that Walter Dean Myers wrote in my opinion. He took a book this book and made you feel like you are actually there(in the war). It also keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. You just won't want to put the book down. It takes place in Vietnam. Perry and his friends have to struggle to keep alive and get out of vietnam in one piece. I recommend this book to people who like war and suspence books.

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I AM MUFASSA AND I ROCK YOUR FACE UNTIL IT BREAKS

This book is one of his best in my head. It gets really emotional throughout this book. I think that young adults should read this book. It is a really sit on the edge of your seat book. This book I dont recommend to people who like romance because there is almost no romance in the book at all except in the very beginning but it only lasts like 2 seconds.

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Fallen Angels

The book Fallen Angels is a about a young African American who is fresh out of high school and goes into the Vietnam War. It all starts out when he graduates out of high school and then joins the army not knowing what to expect. He become a part of alpha company and makes a lot of friends but his new best friend, pee wee. As the book progresses the start going on more and more dangerous missions and soon Perry gets wounded. He goes to the hospital but the returns. Him and his best friend go on and fight in every battle together, they hardly did anything apart. This book really shows how horrible and gruesome war can be, and how important it is to have friends at times. I liked this book very much; it was one of those books that are hard to put down and keeps you on the edge of you seat. I also liked this book because it make you feel like your there and you¿re a part of them, so you start to feel what they feel. This book can be at times very bloody and gross. I do not know if this author has written any other books but if you¿re interested in the Vietnam War you should read this book. I would recommend it to any one in high school that is interested in the Vietnam War. You do not have to know very much about the Vietnam War to get it, I didn¿t know that much but I understood it just fine. My overall rating on this book would be a five because it is very griping and is just all around a great book.

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Exciting

This is an exciting book.

Its a story about a squad in vietnam just trying to survive. the main character (perry) is a 19 year old from Harlem NY. Through the book Perry struggles to figure out what he's there for and what is right and wrong. Enjoy
Its a great book, with a ton of action. Its hard to put down after the first few chapters.

Also you should read the sequel Sunrise Over Fallujah.

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Fallen Angels a look at vietnam

Fallen Angels is one of my favorite books. If you thought vietnam was just weapons and calmness then you have to read this. These characters have great personality. The story simply just goes from dull to horrifying and exciting. I really recommend reading this if your interested in violence.

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I read this as a young teenager and the story has stayed with me

I read this as a young teenager and the story has stayed with me throughout my life. Amazing and well written.

Good book

In the beginng of falllen angels there is this guy tht gets drafted to the army in 1957 to go to vietnam he is not familiar with all his souroundings he cared for his moma and his little brother on the way to vietnam he met a white woman on the plane he never forgot her name well while they were out in the jungle he never forgot the faces of the dying men he didn’t know what to feel exept kill they were out in the boonies one day and they were with the nva and they were ambushed there was one batloon of us soldeiers and one group of nva there was only one helicopter the us shot the nva and they got in the helicopter they had no choice too and at the end of the war he went to find his woman but she had been killed in a bombing out in the boonies at a evac place.

!awesome book!

The story Fallen Angel is mostly about the Vietnam war in 1967. It has a lot of bad words, but the way the book is written is as if you were talking to someone and they were using hard words such as Shakespeare did in his plays. Not to offend anyone but Shakespeare used some pretty hard words that I doubt teens or adults could understand. Back to the story of course yeah there's bad words in it, terrible language, blood when their in the war,violence but who doesn't like that kind of stuff and sorry if you don't like it but I do. It's like having the picture or movie in your mind, that's so cool. The book's main details or main point of it is high school kids going to the army. Some didn't even finish high school. One guy did finish but didn't want to go to college because he didn't have the clothes for it. He rather send money to his brother so he can finish school. The main characters of the story are Gates, Perry, Peewee, Johnson, and Bruno. And some other characters whose names I forgot. They all are from America and become soldiers for their country and State. The characters got sent to the Vietnam war, on their way there, they all talked about thing such as if they were scared, and most people said no, that they were happy. But who is really happy about going to war? I know if I was going to war I'd probably get scared and pee on my pants and not get of the plane. Perry wrote a letter to Mrs. Carroll. The letter talked about how he and Mr. Carroll got into a fight and ran more and more into the enemy lines, when Mr. Carroll was hurt. To make a long story short and in other words, Perry is telling Mrs. Carroll that her husband had died. Captain Stewart read the letter and offered Perry a job so he can type but perry cannot type. My favorite part of the story is when Perry was brave and wrote that letter to Mrs. Carroll. My favorite character of the story was Perry. I like Perry because he reminds me of Perry the Platypus, a guy with no fear towards going to war or battles. I hope you enjoyed the book as much as I did, because it's an awesome book. You will never want to put the book down because it's very awesome.

Good Read for Teens

It was a pretty good war story. I read it a while ago but what I remember was it was a pretty accurate description of what life was like in Vietnam. If you like war stories and your 11-18 you will probably like this book a lot.

Great war story.

I had to read this for summer reading and I'm glad I did. It's an interesting reader and a great story.

Loved It

This was a good book all together. It was a real page turner for me. I laughed my way through it and loved the variety of characters. The story was a unique experience for me and I would like to read another book from this author. I am a young adult so I would recommend this for anyone in that age group.

I greatly recommend this to all.

Dallas Grant
Ms. Lasley
5B
10 January 2011
Book Review
The book, Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers is about the Vietnam War in 1960s in Korea. The main characters are Richie Perry, Lobel, Johnson, Brunner, and Pewee. It is a historical time for us to remember that many lives have perished. The book relates to friendship, trust, and reality. All of the characters come for different purposes, but all of them share a goal to survive during the war. I like some moments that keep you on your toes. The intense moments are stressful during the war. When they are in the jungle, it seems like someone is following them, but it is something else. It gives you a sigh of relief that the enemy is not the something else. During the war, the enemy is not nice. The characters always stick together, but develop loyalty to each other. I learn about soldiers' experiences during the war. The experiences are hard to relate and very emotional to read. I dislike the bad times that the soldiers experience. I rate the book as excellent to read to learn about war.

Highly Recommended- many noticeable themes

After reading Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers, several themes stood out, friendship, loyalty, and reality were some of them. The main character, Richie Perry, becomes immediate friends with Peewee a very noticeable feature in the book. This strong relation is shown throughout the book, along with other member of the squad. Later in the book, Peewee and Perry's friendship is again questioned when they become separated by the squad and had to stay hidden and corporate in a small tunnel. Loyalty was another theme that stood out. The squad's loyalty is almost as noticeable as their friendship. For example, early in the book, Lieutenant Carroll gives Perry a chance to be remove from combat by assessing how badly injured he is. Perry replied no, knowing that if he were to leave, the squad would lose a man. Another example was when Gearheart later approach the squadron and asked whether they would like to be broken up and equalize the other smaller squads. With so many experiences together, the squad wished to be kept together even if it meant more dangerous missions. Lastly, reality was an important theme to this book, and a reason why the author wrote it. During the beginning of the book, Perry had a stereotypical vision of war. He thought war was organized and "perfect". Perry also had a belief that peace was coming soon and most soldiers do not fire their weapons. Perry began to question himself about the war. His question was answered after a soldier named Jenkins is seen killed by a mine. During the latter part of the book, Perry is surprised by the loss of the dog tags. Without them, he knew that the families would never know if their son were dead or not.

Caution: profanities

I did not read the book, but bought it for my son who is entering the sixth grade. I was surprised when he showed me the profanities inside the book. I would not expected to see those in a book recommended for the 12 year old reader.

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Up close and Personal / War is not a Game

I believe thst this is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I was personally thinking about going into the service to help my country and I still am thinking about it, but this book opened my eyes to lots of things you dont realize right off the back about war. This book helped me to be Aware of the war life but not to Beware war either. i also enjoyed that it was first person point of view which made it feel as if i were right there next to him and I also enjoyed the fact that most of the scenes were from the authors own experience.

OMG! Amazing!

Fallen Angels is a gripping, emotional story filled with action and suspense.
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry signs up for the army to make money for his struggling brother and alcoholic mom. He thinks Nam will be like the movies, the good guy always ends up on top. He is the good guy--right?
He learns what it is like to be a real soldier in a real war. He develops strong ties with Johnson, Lobel, Walowick, Stewart and especially Pewee Gates. Together, they are Alpha Squad. Fighting side by side, they share one common desire, to get back to the States alive.

This book is one of the best I've read in a while. I recommend it to readers who like a fast-paced, action or war book that still goes beyond the battles and deep into the main character's personality. Lifelike and complex characters and the constant suspense are some of the best features of this book.

Great Book

The book "Fallen Angels" is a great book for teens and adults. i would not recommend this book to kids younger than the age of thirteen because they may not understand it as well as the more mature teens and adults will. the book is about a squad who is in the vietnam war as it is just finishing up. The squad does go through alot of tradegies throughout the book and have to go through some grousome scenes and deaths. the main character in the book went through a hard childhood but loved to play basketball and was really good at it too and it is apparent that basketball is the one thing he truly loved. if you are looking for an action-packed book this is the book for you because the way the author describes the action scenes is extraordinary and spectactular and really makes you feel like you are right beside the squad in the mud and cold grass fighting beside them. if you are also looking for a book that has a good story this is also an awesome book i would recommend for you because each character in the book has his or her own story and it is a really easy story to follow. If you looking for a war book that has alot of facts and true stories about peoples time in vietnam than this may not be the book for you since it is not based off of any ones true stories of their time in "nam". I like this book because it completely captivates you and makes you wanna just keep on reading and reading. I really cannot find anything wrong about this book because it was just the type of book i was looking for; other people may find some flaws with the book though. My overall rating on this book is based on a scale of one to ten. ten being absolutely great no flaws and a book i would recommend to everyone and one being no one could like this book and it is horrible. i rate this book a nine out of ten because it may be harsh for some people and could not be goodfor younger kids who read "Fallen Angels".

"...For all the angel warriors who fall."

Richie Perry is the face of so many young men who fought in the Vietnam War. Raised in Harlem, Richie joins the army in 1967, hoping for a better future. With no money saved for college, Richie finds foreign jungles more palatable than the streets of Harlem.

Richie and his fellow soldier friends are extremely unprepared for the harsh realities of war. They find that the definition of 'enemy' is not as cut and dried as they once pictured and chaos ensues during much of Richie's stay in Vietnam.

In one of the more terrifying scenes of ambush, so many American soldiers are killed that the remaining boys are forced to burn the bodies rather than body bag and carry them back to the pick-up point. Richie sees the dead boys being burned: "They were me. We wore the same uniform, were the same height, had the same face. They were me, and they were dead." Although this book obviously doesn't glorify war, it doesn't make the judgment call of condemning it, either. Myers presents facts and raw emotion in this narrative, and the language isn't for the faint of heart. Although this book was marketed for young adults, I think I appreciated it even more as an adult.

Fallen angles

Book Review

Title: Fallen Angels
Author: Walter Dean Meyers

3 Things I liked about the story:
It had every emotion you could think of.
It had a good morale. It was a war novel.

3 Things I didn't like about the story:
It had too much cussing.
It was very emotional.
It has only one sequel.

My Book Review:
This book ............ Is just really indescribable. I mean it has war, blood ,guns, cusses, and it's just. AWESOME! This book is over forty years old and I just love it. I recommend it to war fans but not to children under 10.

Its so awesome!!!

This book makes you feel like if you are in he war sitting right next to Perry. I've ready like 10 times