It is definitely worth opening up and taking a closer look. Sometimes it helps to understand why things work the way they do." That is the perfect summation for this book. "Sometimes it's useful to open things up and have a closer look. The book offers many great discussion, war, bullying, baseball, family relationships, physical handicaps, etc. Those that lose a family member from either side are hurting equally. There are many beautiful and memorable phrases "Prejudice is ignorance in a catcher's mask," and "Even the broken pieces are worth something to me." The message of the author is that war changes everyone, those that stay and those that go. With the help of a loving coach, family and music teacher, he finds some peace in his life, his heritage and his past. He tries out for the school baseball team and finds that he is forced to confront his main bully. He is teased and ridiculed at school for his nationality and has flashbacks about seeing his brother injured and his Mother's reaction to the injury. A boy that was rescued from Vietnam during the war and is now residing with a new family in the United States. Ann Burgs debut novel, All the Broken Pieces, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Jefferson Cup award winner and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, among its many. ( 155 ratings ) About this audiobook Two years after being airlifted out of war-torn Vietnam, Matt Pin is haunted: by bombs that fell like dead crows, by the family and the terrible secret he left behind. A novel in verse, this book can be read in a couple of hours, but the impact will last for much longer.
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