Get our latest staff recommendations, award news and digital catalog links right to your inbox.
Shooting the Moon
Table of Contents
About The Book
JAMIE THINKS HER FATHER CAN DO ANYTHING....
UNTIL THE ONE TIME HE CAN DO NOTHING.
When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters from the front lines describing the excitement of real-life combat: the sound of helicopters, the smell of gunpowder, the exhilaration of being right in the thick of it. After all, they've both dreamed of following in the footsteps of their father, the Colonel.
But TJ's first letter isn't a letter at all. It's a roll of undeveloped film, the first of many. What Jamie sees when she develops TJ's photographs reveals a whole new side of the war. Slowly the shine begins to fade off of Army life - and the Colonel. How can someone she's worshipped her entire life be just as helpless to save her brother as she is?
From the author of the Edgar Award-winning Dovey Coe comes a novel, both timely and timeless, about the sacrifices we make for what we believe and the people we love.
UNTIL THE ONE TIME HE CAN DO NOTHING.
When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters from the front lines describing the excitement of real-life combat: the sound of helicopters, the smell of gunpowder, the exhilaration of being right in the thick of it. After all, they've both dreamed of following in the footsteps of their father, the Colonel.
But TJ's first letter isn't a letter at all. It's a roll of undeveloped film, the first of many. What Jamie sees when she develops TJ's photographs reveals a whole new side of the war. Slowly the shine begins to fade off of Army life - and the Colonel. How can someone she's worshipped her entire life be just as helpless to save her brother as she is?
From the author of the Edgar Award-winning Dovey Coe comes a novel, both timely and timeless, about the sacrifices we make for what we believe and the people we love.
Product Details
- Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (December 29, 2009)
- Length: 192 pages
- ISBN13: 9781416979869
- Grades: 5 - 9
- Ages: 10 - 14
- Lexile ® 890 The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®
- Fountas & Pinnell™ T These books have been officially leveled by using the F&P Text Level Gradient™ Leveling System
Browse Related Books
Awards and Honors
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List
- CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- CBC/NCSS Notable Children's Book in Social Studies
- Christopher Award
- Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee
- Capital Choices Noteworthy Books for Children's and Teens (DC)
- Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Master List (IL)
- Virginia Readers' Choice Award List
- Golden Sower Award Nominee (NE)
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List (VT)
- Cybils Award Finalist
Resources and Downloads
High Resolution Images
- Book Cover Image (jpg): Shooting the Moon Trade Paperback 9781416979869(1.9 MB)
- Author Photo (jpg): Frances O'Roark Dowell Photograph (c) Clifton Dowell(2.5 MB)
Any use of an author photo must include its respective photo credit