Shooting the Moon

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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.

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Frances ORoark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author ofDovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award;Where Id Like to Be;The Secret Language of Girlsand its sequelsThe Kind of Friends We Used to BeandThe Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away;Chicken Boy;Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series;Falling In;The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews;Anybody Shining;Ten Miles Past Normal;Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series;The Class;How to Build a Story; and most recently,Hazard. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.