By Ann E. Burg(YA F Burg)
218 pages 2009 Realistic Novel in Verse
From the outside, seventh-grader Matt Pin seems like every other American boy. Thing is, on the inside he carries a secret from his past that haunts him every day. Two years earlier, Matt was airlifted out of Vietnam and adopted by a loving American family. But memories of life in a war-torn country and bullying from those who think he isn’t a “real” American are wearing away at his sense of security. With the help of his baseball coach and a group of Vietnam veterans, Matt learns that he can heal the wounds of the past without forgetting those he left behind. (Grades 6 & up)
218 pages 2009 Realistic Novel in Verse
From the outside, seventh-grader Matt Pin seems like every other American boy. Thing is, on the inside he carries a secret from his past that haunts him every day. Two years earlier, Matt was airlifted out of Vietnam and adopted by a loving American family. But memories of life in a war-torn country and bullying from those who think he isn’t a “real” American are wearing away at his sense of security. With the help of his baseball coach and a group of Vietnam veterans, Matt learns that he can heal the wounds of the past without forgetting those he left behind. (Grades 6 & up)
reviewed by Teen Librarian Liz B.
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