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Donovan Grayson May 27, 2011 Ms. Visentine – Block 1 and 6 Audacity Book Report

** Sunrise Over Fallujah ** ** Author: Walter Dean Myers ** I recently read the book, Sunrise over Fallujah, by Walter Dean Myers. This book over all was a decent book. As an experienced book reader, I would give this classic a five on a scale of one to 10. To me it had way too many slow parts, like when they would just be in the room sitting and talking. I like it when they got out there and battled for their lives. They didn’t know if they would come back alive or die while fighting. Those parts of the book are the parts that got me hyped and kept me reading. I’m the type of person that likes action, and when I see it, hear it, or even read about it, I like it and it keeps my attention. This book is the book you would go to if you wanted a little action and wanted to know a little bit about war and how people felt about war. This book is also what you want to read if you want to know how people felt in Iraq. My favorite part about this book is probably the way Jonesy had the nerve to go pick up the blind boy and try to save him even though there were a whole bunch of Iraqis shooting all around him. Now, that is heroic! That just tells how much the United States army cares about people. Jonesy wasn’t even one of the most heroic types of the group so that shows how heroic the army can be and that is why so many countries think the United States army is amazing. I don’t think this is one of Walter Dean Myers’ best books. He could’ve made this book a little bit more interesting. What makes this book different from others is that it can give the reader all types of emotions - from sad, to happy or even mad. The ending of this book was very sad, and also at the same time good. I would like to try another one of Walter Dean Myers stories because I feel like this one wasn’t his best. I would recommend this book to boys and girls, between the ages of 10 and 110.