{"id":117,"date":"2010-05-19T21:31:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T21:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2010\/05\/19\/wounded-aqr\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:46:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:46:53","slug":"wounded-aqr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2010\/05\/19\/wounded-aqr\/","title":{"rendered":"Wounded – AQR"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong> \"Happy\" Mood:<\/strong> Happy ]<\/strong>
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Wounded<\/a> by Eric Walters
\nMy rating: 3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Eric Walters is one of my favourite authors for young adults. His books are topical and attractive to the boys I teach. He is also Canadian and a former teacher, so bonus points!<\/p>\n

This latest book deals with how the war in Afghanistan is affecting families back home. We see the affect a death has on a military family, as well as the main character dealing with his father’s return from Afghanistan. The youth in the book deal with a father suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as their own issues around fear of loss.<\/p>\n

The only criticism I have of this book is that the ending is a little abrupt, leaving the reader wondering what was going to happen. I wish the author could have spent one more chapter as a denoument, as the ending did feel a little forced.<\/p>\n

Still an excellent book to help young people understand that war affects more than the soldiers and that more than the families of dead soldiers deserve our sympathy and respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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