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Can I read Missing in Action on EtoBox?
Missing in Action by Dean Hughes is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Missing in Action about?
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 readers a glimpse of the past that enlightens the present.
Who reads Missing in Action?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Dean Hughes
- Publisher
- New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781416999041
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.63 / 5 (150 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14