Missing in Action
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9781416915027
Pages
228 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
HL620L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Single parent; Family violence; Biracial; Race discrimination; Bicultural; single mother; abusive father; two races; biracial child; racism; prejudice; bicultural child
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Japanese American) / Native American (Navajo) / White
Family Formation
single mother
Awards
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
Keywords
bullying; family life; missing in action; World War II; internment camp; baseball; Mormon; Utah
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Hughes, Dean, "Missing in Action" (2010). Diverse Families. 726.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/726