Death Coming Up the Hill
HarperCollins · Paperback · May 29, 2018
A strikingly innovative and powerful story, Death Coming Up the Hill portrays the momentous events of the year 1968 as seen through the eyes of a perceptive seventeen-year-old boy.
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- Who it’s for
- A perceptive seventeen-year-old’s family turmoil brings the political tensions of 1968 close to home.
- Genres
- War & Military YA, Novels in Verse for Teens, 20th-Century US YA
- Published
- HarperCollins, May 29, 2018
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A strikingly innovative and powerful story, Death Coming Up the Hill portrays the momentous events of the year 1968 as seen through the eyes of a perceptive seventeen-year-old boy. "Take a look at this gripping, fast-moving quick pick." —The Bulletin It’s 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen-year-old Ashe.
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His racist father married his peace-activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple, like the situation in Vietnam, has been engaged in a “senseless war that could have been prevented.” When his high school teacher dares to teach the political realities of the war, Ashe grows to better understand the situation in Vietnam, his family, and the world around him. But when a new crisis hits his parents’ marriage, Ashe finds himself trapped, with no options before him but to enter the fray.
History at Home
A perceptive seventeen-year-old’s family turmoil brings the political tensions of 1968 close to home.
Come here for
- A teen’s view of Vietnam-era politics and a divided family
- The personal costs of a conflict that reaches home
Expect
- A coming-of-age story shaped by war and family strain
- A close perspective on political realities and private loyalties
Where it sits
| Novels in Verse for Teens | 65% |
|---|---|
| War & Military YA | 45% |
| 20th-Century US YA | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- Coming of Age
- YA Stories About Parents
- War & Military YA
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- 20th-Century US YA
- Novels in Verse for Teens
- School Stories for Teens
- Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Authors
- Chris Crowe
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 29, 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Boys & Men