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Set in the contemporary, twentyfirstcentury political world, kevin powers novel the yellow birds relates a soldiers experience before, during, and after the war in iraq, revealing the physical and psychological impact of such an intense experience in december 2003, at a military base in new jersey, twentyoneyearold john bartle, who has joined the u. Amazon best books of the month, debut spotlight, september 2012. The yellow birds is a vague, hazy story about two american soldiers. Birds of the himalayas, the habitat of himalayan birds, the common birds of the western himalayas, the common birds of the eastern himalayas tits at work, the pekinrobin, black bulbuls, a warbler of distinction, the spotted forktail, the nest of the grey. A novel written by a veteran of the war in iraq, the yellow birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive. Welcome to the litcharts study guide on kevin powerss the yellow birds.
Oct 21, 2012 read or listen to an excerpt from the yellow birds by kevin powers, a 2012 national book award fiction finalist note. Add the mini book report to the front of your folder. The main characters of this non fiction, psychology story are. The yellow birds is the debut novel from american writer, poet, and iraq war veteran kevin powers. The novel opens in 2004, when two soldiers, 21yearold bartle and the teenaged murphy, meet in boot camp on the eve of their deployment to iraq.
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