Missing in Action
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2010]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 228 pages ; 22 cm
While his father is missing in action in the Pacific during World War II, twelve-year-old Jay moves with his mother to small-town Utah, where he sees prejudice from both sides, as a part-Navajo himself and through an unlikely friendship with Japanese American Ken from the nearby internment camp.
Subjects:
Prejudices -- Teen fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Teen fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Teen fiction.
Baseball -- Teen fiction.
Grandparents -- Teen fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Teen fiction.
Families -- Utah -- Teen fiction.
Sports -- Teen fiction.
Utah -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Prejudices -- Teen fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Teen fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Teen fiction.
Baseball -- Teen fiction.
Grandparents -- Teen fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Teen fiction.
Families -- Utah -- Teen fiction.
Sports -- Teen fiction.
Utah -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Target Audience: HL620L
ISBN:
9781416915027 (hardcover)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TF Hughes | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Fiction | In |
A Junior Library Guild selection