All He Knew
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020, ©2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 254 pages ; 24 cm
In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II.
Contents:
Unteachable 1933-1942 -- Change 1942-1944 -- Home 1944-1945 -- Notes on form and characters -- Author's note -- The unteachable one / by Maxine Thompson.
Subjects:
Inmates of institutions -- Juvenile fiction.
Deaf -- Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.
Conscientious objectors -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
Inmates of institutions -- Juvenile fiction.
Deaf -- Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.
Conscientious objectors -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
Target Audience: Ages 10-14.
ISBN:
9780374312992
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Winner of the 2021 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.