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= Sunrise Over Fallujah = = =  = Our main character Robin gets sent to Iraq in the Iraq War. He is assigned to the civil affairs unit. This is where he meets all of his friends and the other main character (his best friend) Jonesy. Robin is shy at first, but begins to warm up to everyone eventually. = = Everyone is confused as to what they're doing over in Iraq, and about who the enemy is. Because of this fact they wind up killing some innocent civilians on accident. They also = = wind up becoming part of some major battles, of which the outcomes are pretty unexpected. =

@http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/9780439916240.asp
= __Read-Alikes__ = = If you like Sunrise Over Fallujah you will also like to read //Fallen Angels// also by Walter Dean Myers. Also another great choice would be //The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.// = = =

== **The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ** ==

==== **The story of our part-time Indian starts out with Arnold J. Spirit (out main character) mostely telling us about himself. He himself suffers from multiple ailments, and in a rough place like the Rez (reservation) barely a day goes by that he doesn't get beat up, or needs help from his best friend Rowdy to defend him. To himself, he doesn't seem like much of and Indian.** ====

==== **Arnold soon realizes all of the flaws of the Rez. He realizes that: all of the adults are drunks, nobody ever leaves the Rez forever, nobody truly has a lavish lifestyle, and that t** **he education they recieve is outdated. Because of these flaws he realizes he must leave the Rez and find a new life out in the real world. Arnold then decides to go to the rival school of Reardan, where he hopes for a new life and a better education...** ==== If you would like to read another review onthis book go to http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/books/review/Barcott3-t.html? _r=1&scp=1&sq=the%20absolutely%20true %20diary% 20of%20a%20part-time%20indian&st=cse.







  To read Sherman Alexie's biography go to [|http://www.fallsapart.com/biography.html.]   

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