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Holczer,Tracy. EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2018] IL 5-8 ISBN 9780399163944 |
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Who buried a Purple Heart medal, some old photos and a helmet in a backyard garden? 12 year old Lucy and her new friend Milo are determined to find out who they belong to so they can return them. It is 1971 and Lucy’s world is falling apart—her dad just returned from Vietnam missing his arm. He refuses to use his prosthetic arm and he has become emotionally distant. Milo, whose father also went to Vietnam, is waiting for his own father to return from the war. Their new friendship is what they both need to keep them from worrying about their dads. While they go looking for clues about the mysterious found items, they are welcomed at an informal refuge for veterans, but are turned away from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who despise Vietnam Vets. Will they get the opportunity to return the items to their rightful owner and solve this mystery? Will Lucy and Milo each be reunited with their dads, and be able to return to their normal lives? Read Everything Else in the Universe by Tracy Holczer to find out. (Prepared by:Patti Barker, Bryson Middle School, pbarker@greenville.k12.sc.us ) (South Carolina Book Awards, 2020-2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Family life -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Amputees -- Fiction. Italian Americans -- Fiction. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Fiction. |
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