The Fourteenth of September
by Rita Dragonette
Fourteenth of September is a touching and suspenseful story about 19-year-old Judy Talton
It's the fall of 1969, Judy's mother who is an army nurse forces her to join the army during one of the most tumultuous challenging years of the Vietnam war. She has saved her money for years to go to college and it was because of her mother's encouragement that she applied for the ROTC scholarship to become a nurse. Now she has to make personal choices between her army scholarship and anti-Vietnam war protest.
Young men will be drafted into the army when the lottery is drawn and the ones with the lowest numbers on their birthday will be chosen. Judy’s birthday is on the first and she thinks if she were a man, she would be the first to be sent to Vietnam. Being pulled into different directions by her family and her integrity during this hectic time, she doesn’t know what she is going to lose!
I appreciate the author's effort to describe vivid descriptions of the events and Judy’s college life. Judy’s mature way of thinking was captivating, and I really liked the author's creativity to create complex and developed characters.
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