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Death Coming Up the Hill by Chris Crowe

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Death Coming Up the Hill

Chris Crowe

HarperCollins · Paperback · May 29, 2018

Reading lane: 20th-Century US YA

A strikingly innovative and powerful story, Death Coming Up the Hill portrays the momentous events of the year 1968 as seen through the eyes of a perceptive seventeen-year-old boy.

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Good for readers who enjoy 20th-Century US YAGood for readers interested in civil rightsGood for fans of Historical Fiction

Book Details

Authors
Chris Crowe
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
May 29, 2018
Format
Paperback
Theme
20th-Century US YA · Prejudice & Racism for Teens
Reading lane
20th-Century US YA

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  • YA Stories About Boys & Men

  • Coming of Age

  • YA Stories About Parents

  • War & Military YA

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  • 20th-Century US YA

  • Novels in Verse for Teens

  • School Stories for Teens

  • Prejudice & Racism for Teens

About This Book

A strikingly innovative and powerful story, Death Coming Up the Hill portrays the momentous events of the year 1968 as seen through the eyes of a perceptive seventeen-year-old boy. "Take a look at this gripping, fast-moving quick pick." —The Bulletin It’s 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen-year-old Ashe. His racist father married his peace-activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple, like the situation in Vietnam, has been engaged in...

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A strikingly innovative and powerful story, Death Coming Up the Hill portrays the momentous events of the year 1968 as seen through the eyes of a perceptive seventeen-year-old boy. "Take a look at this gripping, fast-moving quick pick." —The Bulletin It’s 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen-year-old Ashe. His racist father married his peace-activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple, like the situation in Vietnam, has been engaged in a “senseless war that could have been prevented.” When his high school teacher dares to teach the political realities of the war, Ashe grows to better understand the situation in Vietnam, his family, and the world around him. But when a new crisis hits his parents’ marriage, Ashe finds himself trapped, with no options before him but to enter the fray.

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