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Missing in Action

by Dean Hughes
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Dirty. Lazy. Good-for-nothing. Jay Thacker is used to being called names because his dad is half Navajo. But things are different after he and his mother move to a small town in Utah to stay with his grandparents during WWII. Jay makes friends and earns money working the fields for his well-respected grandfather—but he encounters a problem in Ken, a fellow worker who's from the nearby Japanese internment camp. Ken's a Jap. And Jay's dad, who's been fighting for the navy out in the Pacific, is missing in action. This moving story about an unlikely friendship deftly addresses themes of prejudice and intolerance, providing readers a glimpse of the past that enlightens the present.
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Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Kindle Book

  • Release date: February 24, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781416999041
  • Release date: February 24, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781416999041
  • File size: 2188 KB
  • Release date: February 24, 2015
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subjects

Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:620
Text Difficulty:2-3

Dirty. Lazy. Good-for-nothing. Jay Thacker is used to being called names because his dad is half Navajo. But things are different after he and his mother move to a small town in Utah to stay with his grandparents during WWII. Jay makes friends and earns money working the fields for his well-respected grandfather—but he encounters a problem in Ken, a fellow worker who's from the nearby Japanese internment camp. Ken's a Jap. And Jay's dad, who's been fighting for the navy out in the Pacific, is missing in action. This moving story about an unlikely friendship deftly addresses themes of prejudice and intolerance, providing readers a glimpse of the past that enlightens the present.
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Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature