Search and Destroy

Name: Search and Destroy
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Dean Hughes
ISBN: 9781501929359

Author: Dean Hughes

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/25/2017

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fashion & Beauty

Synopsis

A boy discovers the complexities of conflict in this fast-paced and thoughtful look at the Vietnam War from the acclaimed author of Soldier Boys and Missing in Action. Rick Ward wants to go to war. And he's not sure why. Maybe he's running from his dad and his crazy temper. Maybe he's running from his girl, who seems to think he's more of a joke than a man. Or maybe he's just running-to find himself. After basic training, Rick enlists with the Charlie Rangers, a special unit that ambushes the enemy in secret jungle raids. It is the most dangerous front line duty, and Rick's six-man team will experience everything from horrifying enemy encounters to mourning the death of a comrade. Rick will discover that no one-not protestors, politicians, or writers-has got a clue. And he will see that war is far bigger, scarier, and more complicated than anything he ever could have imagined.

About Dean Hughes

Dean Hughes is a bestselling and prolific writer who published his hundredth book in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Weber State College and master’s degree and PhD from the University of Washington. He has attended post-doctoral seminars at Stanford and Yale Universities and taught English at Central Missouri State University and Brigham Young University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda

Oh wow a perfect book if you like to be put right in the action with the character!!!......more

Goodreads review by Isaac

Search and Destroy is a book that had me attached from the beginning to Rick and his adventures to where he ends up. But the story lacks detail at some points and seems kind of rushed. The story is simple and easy to follow along to but its storytelling gets very repetitive in the middle of the book......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

Despite this book being focused on war, I was very intrigued by it. I enjoyed how this book went over the many different aspects of war. The story went through the main characters reasons for going into war, his arrival and his feelings then, what he encountered during war and then how he felt comin......more

Goodreads review by Max

Search and Destroy was the first book i read on Vietnam and it was very fun to read. The realism and gruesomeness really pushed the point of how soldiers thought about the war and how they had to deal with it. I recommend this book to anybody who is interested in the Vietnam war.......more