When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the army and is sent to vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters from the front lines describing the excitement of real-life combat: the sound of he...When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the army and is sent to vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters from the front lines describing the excitement of real-life combat: the sound of helicopters, the smell of gunpowder, the exhilaration of being right in the thick of it.