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"This is a powerful tale of family, forgiveness, and acceptance of what life throws in our paths - but ultimately, with its almost painful realism, this is the finest depiction of war we've yet seen for young readers." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review) AMARYLLIS. It was the name of the ship that ran aground on Singer Island, Florida, during a hurricane in 1965. It became a battle cry for Jimmy Staples and his older brother, Frank, and a code word for going surfing together. But now that eighteen-year-old Frank is off battling the enemy (and his own addictive demons) in Vietnam and fifteen-year-old Jimmy is left to deal with the repercussions at home, "Amaryllis" takes on an ominous new meaning - a symbol of what happens when life places the unexpected in our paths. Craig Crist-Evans has written a wrenching novel of a family whose internal battles chase one son away - into the clutches of a war and an enemy he could never have imagined. Told both from a soldier's view and by the brother he leaves behind, Amaryllis is an ideal choice for students learning about the Vietnam era, or for any listener curious about the reality of war.
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"I started previewing this book to see if it would hold the attention of some of my students. I couldn't put it down. I loved the way Crist-Evans began each chapter with a letter from Frank in Vietnam. Great fiction read that will definitely help build background on the Vietnam War for my students!"
— Kelly (5 out of 5 stars)
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" A very different book about a boy who's older brother goes to Vietman and fights. He writes his brother and tells him all about what is going on over there. "
— Rshelite, 11/9/2013 -
" This was an awesome book. It was full of adventure and intense moments. I give this book a 5 star rating because it talks about war and trying to get over a drug addiction and it is only 184 pages and doesn't take long to read. Thank you for reading this! :D "
— Willis, 3/11/2013 -
" Using the name of a sunken ship off the Florida coast as their own term for surfing together, Jimmy and his brother, Frank, lived a good life until Frank goes away to fight in the Vietnam War--leaving Frank at home and alone to deal with the loss and his family's pain. "
— Sarah, 8/9/2012
About Daniel Passer
Tawni O’Dell is the New York Times bestselling author of Fragile Beasts, Sister Mine, Coal Run, and Back Roads, which was an Oprah’s Book Club pick and a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. O’Dell’s work has been translated into fifteen languages and published in over forty countries. She was born and raised in the coal-mining region of western Pennsylvania, the territory she writes about with such striking authenticity. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism and spent many years living in the Chicago area before moving back to Pennsylvania, where she now lives with her two children.