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Price of Duty by Todd Strasser

Lincoln Award 2021 Book Description My body may have returned home, but my brain is still wired for war. p6-7 "You're a real military man now." p17 Discussion "You're a real military man now." p17 -- What does this mean? How does his grandpa mean it? Who does this exclude? How does it make Jake feel? We're not making a stand for democracy or freedom. We're just a bunch of scared nineteen- and twenty-ear-olds doing whatever we can to stay alive. p29 People who have good intentions, but can't comprehend that in so many cases "service" means that it you're not dead, you're physically and psychologically crippled for life. It means you will never, ever be the same. p41 all of the Brandi chapter starting on p 82-- the purpose of JROTC/ recruiting practices and targets war memorials discussion-- p124 drugs from the military- - p126 diversity/ inclusion in the military- 135 America has managed to be involved in