Come in from the Cold
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"I want yesterday." That's all seventeen-year-old Maud can say when she gets the news about her sister: Lucy's dead, killed in a bomb blast. Without even a body to bury, Maud is left with only questions: How? Why? Maud's search for answers leads her down the same path her sister took. But all she finds are empty words and more questions. Jeff struggles down a separate but parallel path. His brother, a Marine, has been called up to Vietnam. To the world, Jeff looks the part of a conservative preppy, but inside, he questions the war. But does questioning the war mean he doesn't support his brother?
It's 1969, and life in America has become an angry jumble of patriotism and rebellion, cynicism and hope. Jeff and Maud are caught up in the confusion. All they want is stability. What they get is each other. Hopefully, it'll be enough.
It's 1969, and life in America has become an angry jumble of patriotism and rebellion, cynicism and hope. Jeff and Maud are caught up in the confusion. All they want is stability. What they get is each other. Hopefully, it'll be enough.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0547014392
ISBN13:9780547014395
Release Date:March 2008
Publisher:Clarion Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"
Age Range:12 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 7 and higher
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
excellent juvenile reading
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Good read for teens and 20-somethings who wonder what resistance to the Vietnam conflict was about.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Maud and Jeff are two teenagers, thrown together by protesting the Vietnam war. They feel a special connection over both having lost a sibling because of the war -- Maud's sister, Lucy, in an explosion of a science lab at the University of Minnesota, and Jeff's brother in Vietnam. These events cause them to forge a bond and lead them to a commune where they try to come to terms with their losses and the war around them. Strong, a little controversial, and wholly authentic, COME IN FROM THE COLD candidly captures life in America circa 1969 -- all of the tension, apprehension, hope, and love. Ms. Qualey has crafted a read that is not only inspiring but also historically educational. It's so entertaining, though, you won't even realize it. The novel accurately mirrors all of the passion, urgency, and even violence of the times. Reviewed by: The Compulsive Reader
A moving story of family, love, and war
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Come in from the Cold vividly portrays the turmoil of life in the 1960s, during the Vietnam War. Teenagers are fascinated by the war, draft dodgers, and protesters, but there's not much good fiction for them. Come in from the Cold is excellent. Another good YA novel about the war, from a different perspective, is Ellen Emerson White's The Road Home.
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