The novel’s descriptions of the interactions among soldiers and the long periods of inactivity they experience are based on its author’s own military background. He created the novel Fallen Angels as a tribute to his younger brother, who was killed in the Vietnam War. After returning to civilian life and to Harlem, Myers began writing books for young adults. He proceeded to join the army at the age of seventeen. In his third year of high school, Myers realized that he would not be able to attend college for financial reasons. Walter Dean Myers was born on August 12, 1937, and after his mother died during his infancy, he was raised by family friends in Harlem, New York. A young-adult novel set in war-torn Vietnam in 1967 published in 1988.Ī seven teen-year-old African American learns about (ife and death while serving as an infantry soldier in the jungles of Vietnam.Įvents in History at the Time the Novel Takes PlaceĮvents in History at the Time the Novel Was Written
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