United States > History > 1961-1969 > Fiction. Search for related items by subject Subject: She also sang in the Glee Club, was a champion speller, and hated Field Day. She has vivid memories of ducking and covering under her school desk during air raid drills at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. She is also the author of the documentary novels Countdown Revolution, a National Book Award Finalist and Anthem. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.ĭeborah Wiles is the author of the picture book Freedom Summer and the novels: Love, Ruby Lavender The Aurora County All-Stars Each Little Bird That Sings, a National Book Award finalist and A Long Line of Cakes. It's all complicated, of course, but the novel is wonderfully true to the reality and spirit of the time. The result is a brilliant exercise in verisimilitude. Wiles, in this third volume of her Sixties Trilogy (Countdown, 2010 Revolution, 2014), intersperses the narrative with portfolios of contextual period photos, headlines, quotations, and more. Their travels vividly paint a portrait of a country divided by war and knit together by music. They pick up a stray dog and their share of human strays as well, including a young ex-soldier who appears to be suffering from PTSD. To his delight, they visit recording studios and meet the likes of Duane Allman and (gasp!) Elvis Presley. Along the way, they have many adventures, a number involving music, about which Wiles writes beautifully and knowledgeably, for Norman is a drummer with hopes of starting a band. So off the two go in Norman's old school bus on a quixotic quest to locate the missing Barry. Now an official draft notice has arrived for him, and Molly is sent with her 17-year-old cousin, Norman, to find Barry and bring him home. Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 September #1 *Starred Review* It's July 2, 1969, a year since 14-year-old Molly's beloved older brother Barryâfollowing an altercation with his father over the Vietnam Warâleft their South Carolina home without a word.
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