Missing in Action

Dean Hughes (Author)
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2246
Product Type: Hardcover Books
Age Groups: Ages 13 to 15, Ages 16 to 18
Dirty. Lazy. Good-for-nothing. Jay Thacker is used to hearing himself called names because his dad is half-Navajo. But he's hopi... (see details)

Dirty. Lazy. Good-for-nothing. Jay Thacker is used to hearing himself called names because his dad is half-Navajo. But he's hoping, now that he and his mom have moved to stay with his grandparents because of WWII, that things could be different. Delta is a tiny town in Utah, nothing like Salt Lake, where they used to live. And Jay's grandfather is an elder in the church, a beloved and well-respected man. Jay begins to make friends and even to make some money as he works the fields for his grandfather. There's just one problem: he works alongside a young man named Ken, who's from the camps in nearby Topaz. Which means Ken is a Jap. And Jay's dad, who's been fighting for the navy out in the Pacific, was recently declared Missing in Action.

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SKU 2246
ISBN 9781416915027
Language English
Lexile ® Measure 620L
Product Type Hardcover Books
Primary Contributor Dean Hughes
Age Groups Ages 13 to 15, Ages 16 to 18
Publisher Simon & Schuster, Inc.