Missing in Action by Hughes, Dean

Missing in Action

A boy confronts prejudice and intolerance in this striking, "emotionally honest coming-of-age story" (Publishers Weekly) set on...
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Author: Dean Hughes
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Missing in Action by Hughes, Dean

Missing in Action

$29.03

Missing in Action

$29.03
Author: Dean Hughes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A boy confronts prejudice and intolerance in this striking, "emotionally honest coming-of-age story" (Publishers Weekly) set on the American homefront during World War II, from the acclaimed author of Search and Destroy and Soldier Boys.

Dirty. Lazy. Good-for-nothing.

Jay Thacker is used to being called names because his dad is half Navajo. But he gets a chance at a new life and a new identity when he and his mom move to the small town of Delta, Utah, to live with Jay's grandfather. In Delta, Jay can convince everyone, and maybe even himself, that his dad--who is missing in action as he fights in WWII--is really a POW and military hero, and not gone forever.

As the summer wears on and Jay finds himself growing up a little faster than he expected, he learns to look at some truths that had previously been impossible to face. Truths about his father; about Ken, his new friend from the Japanese internment camp nearby; and about himself, too.

In this understated and moving story, Dean Hughes offers a glimpse at the choices a boy must make as he decides what kind of man he'll one day be.

Author: Dean Hughes
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/21/2015
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781481426992
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 135337 / Missing in Action

About the Author
Hughes, Dean: - Dean Hughes is the author of more than eighty books for young readers, including the popular sports series Angel Park All-Stars, the Scrappers series, the Nutty series, the widely acclaimed companion novels Family Pose and Team Picture, Search and Destroy, and Four-Four-Two. His novel Soldier Boys was selected for the 2001 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list. Dean Hughes and his wife, Kathleen, have three children and nine grandchildren. They live in Midway, Utah.

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