Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers was a rather long book about a young American boy, Perry, in the Vietnam war. He doesn't really know what he's getting himself into when he volunteers to join the service, but he learns a lot through his hardships along the way. He learns that the black troops, such as his own, are given tasks far more dangerous than the other troops. Though parts of this book were interesting, I was not overall a big fan of it. I felt as shaken as one of the characters, Richie, when he shot an enemy soldier at point blank. I could not imagine being at war! This book made me think a lot about those who do choose to enlist and fight in wars. They don't all know what they're getting in to and it would be an experience that would change a person's life as it did to the characters in this book.
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