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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Ackerman, Elliot.     Subjects     Orphans -- Fiction.     Brothers -- Fiction.     Children of war casualties -- Fiction.     Militia movements -- Fiction.     Civilian war casualties -- Fiction.     Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Fiction.     Afghanistan -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ackerman, Elliot.       by title:      Green on blue : a no...       by call number:      FICTION ACK     Search the Web     Ackerman, Elliot.     Orphans -- Fiction.     Brothers -- Fiction.     Children of war casualties -- Fiction.     Militia movements -- Fiction.     Civilian war casualties -- Fiction.     Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Fiction.     Afghanistan -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Green on blue : a novel / Elliot Ackerman. by Ackerman, Elliot. Scribner, c2015. Call #: FICTION ACK Subjects Orphans -- Fiction.   Brothers -- Fiction.   Children of war casualties -- Fiction.   Militia movements -- Fiction.   Civilian war casualties -- Fiction.   Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Fiction.   Afghanistan -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781476778556 Edition:  1st Scribner hardcover ed. Description:  242 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  From a decorated veteran of the Iraq and Afghan Wars, and White House Fellow, a stirring debut novel about a young Afghan orphan and the harrowing, intractable nature of war. Aziz and his older brother Ali are coming of age in a village amid the pine forests and endless mountains of eastern Afghanistan. There is no school, but their mother teaches them to read and write, and once a month sends the boys on a two-day journey to the bazaar. They are poor, but inside their mud-walled home, the family has stability, love, and routine. When a convoy of armed men arrives in their village one day, their world crumbles. The boys survive and make their way to a small city, where they sleep among other orphans. They learn to beg, and, eventually, they earn work and trust from the local shopkeepers. Ali saves their money and sends Aziz to school at the madrassa, but when US forces invade the country, militants strike back. A bomb explodes in the market, and Ali is brutally injured. In the hospital, Aziz meets an Afghan wearing an American uniform. To save his brother, Aziz must join the Special Lashkar, a US-funded militia. No longer a boy, but not yet a man, he departs for the untamed border. Trapped in a conflict both savage and entirely contrived, Aziz struggles to understand his place. Will he embrace the brutality of war or leave it behind, and risk placing his brother -- and a young woman he comes to love -- in jeopardy? Genre:  War fiction First novel. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION ACK Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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