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Missing in action /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, Dean, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Prejudices > Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people > Juvenile fiction.
Baseball stories.
Grandparents > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Utah > Juvenile fiction.
Utah > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices > Fiction.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Fiction.
Racially mixed people > Fiction.
Baseball > Fiction.
Grandparents > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Family life > Utah > Fiction.
Sports > Fiction.
Utah > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:228 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience:Ages 10-14.
Lexile: 620.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:9781416915027 (hc)
1416915028 (hc)