illing
and War
Many teens around the world are impacted by war, either because they live in a war zone, enlist in the military, or see it in the news. Violence from war can cause post traumatic stress disorder.
Here are some characters from books with killing and teen violence or killing and teens in war as a theme...
Liesel Meminger from the Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a foster girl living outside of Munich. She learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.
Francis Joseph Cassavant from Heroes by Robert Cormier is 18. He has just returned home from the Second World War, and he has no face. He does have a gun and a mission: to murder his childhood hero.
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7 comments:
Francis sounds very messed up!
Great post. The second book looks and sounds interesting. I appreciate you taking the time to let your readers know about it.
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~Summer
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"Across Five Aprils" is an excellent teen book about the effects of war too.
I've read The Book Thief, though it wasn't as great as I thought it would be. Just my very humble opinion.
I really want to read Heroes now. Sounds really disturbing and also really fascinating.
Interesting books. The second one sounds really intense. No face. Thanks for sharing.
Rhonda @Laugh-Quotes.com
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"Heroes" sounds pretty chilling, but very interesting.
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