Craig Crist-Evans has written a wrenching novel of a family whose internal battles chase one son away - into the clutches of a war and an enemy he could never have imagined. Told both from a soldier’s view and by the brother he leaves behind, Amaryllis is an ideal choice for students learning about the Vietnam era, or for any reader curious about the reality of war. Craig Crist-Evans has written a wrenching novel of a family whose internal battles chase one son away - into the clutches of a war and an enemy he could never have imagined. Told both from a soldier’s view and by the brother he leaves behind, AMARYLLIS is an ideal choice for students learning about the Vietnam era, or for any reader curious. Set in the '60s, Crist-Evans's (Moon Over Tennessee: A Boy's Civil War Journal) painful tale uses metaphors, flashbacks and two forms of narration to describe an American family embattled at home.
CRAIG CRIST-EVANS: "It was the fall of My family had just moved from Ohio to Florida. During one of the biggest hurricanes of the century, the AMARYLLIS nosed into the east coast of Florida near West Palm Beach. For three years, its rusting hulk rose above the beach where I surfed, skipped school, and fell in love. "Every step forward, every word, is an act of discovery," said author Craig Crist-Evans of his approach to writing poetry. And he obviously found a winning formula, as evidenced by the International Reading Association's Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award he received for MOON OVER TENNESSEE: A BOY'S CIVIL WAR JOURNAL. Amaryllis|Craig Crist Evans, Situating Racism: The Local, National And The Global|Alperhan Babacan, The Great San Francisco Trivia Fact Book|Janet Bailey, Lighting The Flame Of Compassion|Pandi Rajmani Tigunait.
Amaryllis by Craig Crist-Evans. Call Number: FIC CRI. ISBN: Publication Date: Jimmy and his older brother Frank share a love of surfing and. Set in the '60s, Crist-Evans's (Moon Over Tennessee: A Boy's Civil War Journal) painful tale uses metaphors, flashbacks and two forms of narration to describe an American family embattled at home. Craig Crist-Evans has written a wrenching novel of a family whose internal battles chase one son away - into the clutches of a war and an enemy he could never have imagined. Told both from a soldier s view and by the brother he leaves behind, AMARYLLIS is an ideal choice for students learning about the Vietnam era, or for any reader curious about the reality of war.
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