"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 Colonol. How can someone she's worshipped her entire life be just as helpless to save her brother as she is?~ Rebecca Caudill website summary
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i am reading shooting the moon. im only at the beinging though... at first i didn't know why they called it that i mean it says nothing about sooting the moon untill i started reading that more. shooting like a photo shoot and tj (jamies older brother) love taking photos of the moon. my favorite chacter is jamie and one thing i love about her is that she love the milatary, as do i.
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