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Everything Else in the Universe
by Tracy Holczer
Ages: 12+
Published: 2018
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-399-16394-4
Keywords: Fathers and Daughters, Vietnam War, Political Action, Point of view
When Lucy's dad, an Army doctor in the Vietnam War, returns as an amputee, she confronts her altered family life and her views of the war.