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Missing in Action

By: Dean Hughes
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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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 listeners a glimpse of the past that enlightens the present.

©2010 Dean Hughes (P)2016 Recorded Books Growing Up Discrimination Historical Fiction Fiction Difficult Discussions Military & Wars Literature & Fiction Growing Up & Facts of Life Native American Feel-Good

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Kirby Heyborne did a amazing job narrating. Hope he continues to do more like this.

Great Book

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although a part of the story, was uncomfortable with argument between mother and son, did enjoy grandfather and grandson relationship

Great human relations

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