Jay Thacker is used to being called names because his dad is half Navajo. But he gets a chance at a new life and a new identity when he and his mom move to the small town of Delta, Utah, to live with Jay's grandfather. In Delta, Jay can convince everyone, and maybe even himself, that his dad --who is missing in action-- as he fights in WWII is really a POW and military hero, and not gone forever. As the summer wears on and Jay finds himself growing up a little faster than he expected, he learns to look at some truths that had previously been impossible to face. Truths about his father; about Ken, his new friend from the Japanese internment camp nearby; and about himself, too.
- ISBN10 1481426990
- ISBN13 9781481426992
- Publish Date 21 July 2015 (first published 9 March 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 256
- Language English