Summary
A kid filled with rage, suspended from the football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his father, newly home from the war in Afghanistan, reckon with the injuries they’ve caused to others and themselves in this unflinching middle grade novel in verse about love and forgiveness.
Hazard’s a military kid, best known for his prowess at football, and his short fuse. His dad’s been in Afghanistan, third tour. The worry and the pressure over school and his dad are getting to Hazard until…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781481424660 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1481424661 |
| Author: | Frances O'Roark Dowell |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atheneum |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 23mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-13 |
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Critics Review
The format and length, along with the engaging plot, makes it an appealing choice for less experienced readers. – Booklist * 5/1/2022 *
About The Author
Frances O'Roark Dowell
Frances O’Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I’d Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series; The Class; How to Build a Story; Hazard; and, most recently, Then a House Fell on Her Head.
She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina.
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