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Growing up in the years following World War II Joel Bloom and his friends dreamed of either fighting in the military or leading the Dodgers to the World Series But when Joel turns eighteen the Vietnam War is in full swing and the sides of war he learned about as a child are not nearly as clear Old enough to be drafted Joel loves his country but knows he cannot fight in an unjust war After trying and failing to be a Conscientious Objector he must decide whether to serve in Vietnam or leave for Canada-a decision that would help him avoid the violence of war but force him to leave behind those he loves and turn his back on everything he was brought up to believe In an insightful and compelling novel from bestselling nonfiction writer Mark Kurlansky comes an exploration of one teens struggle to understand himself amid the harsh realities of life during wartime.
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Mark Kurlansky is a New York Times bestselling and James A. Beard Award-winning author. He is the recipient of a Bon Appétit American Food and Entertaining Award for Food Writer of the Year, and the Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award for Food Book of the year.Photo by Wes Washington (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) ], via Wikimedia Commons.
