Heat Wave! by Helen Ketteman
The Ghost is the next chapter in the story of Jacob Cahill, the boy prodigy who miraculously escaped pursuing Communist Chinese agents when he was only fifteen years old. He has now chosen to fight the Communists in Vietnam rather than continue his education at a prestigious university in America which he is more than well suited to do. His family and friends are aghast at his decision, many thinking he will be no more than cannon fodder in a useless and unwinnable war. Although revenge is a factor in his decision since the Communists in China killed his parents, he also believes it is his duty to fight for his country in a time of war. He enlists, is sent to boot camp, and then on to Vietnam where his prodigious physical and intellectual skills are tested in horrific combat which not only confront him with what he has become but result in significant wounds from which he may never recover. And in the end, as the enemy converges on him, he wonders if the end game is some shallow grave in the jungles of Laos from which he will never be found.Helen Ketteman grew up making cakes from scratch. Like Donna Rae, she sometimes had mishaps in the kitchen, including the double-layer cake that only measured an inch high because she forgot to add baking powder.
Helen wrote Heat Wave and Shoeshine Whittaker for Walker & Company. She has two sons, Greg, an archaeologist, and Mark, a biologist, who grew up eating their mom's baked goods. Helen lives with her husband, Chuck, and feline daughters, Geraldine and Tigger, in Florida.
Matt Collins is an illustrator who likes eating cake. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Scientific American. The Great Cake Bake is his first picture book.
He lives with his wife, Amy, and their daughter, Charlotte, in Connecticut. Amy is a phenomenal baker, and Charlotte is learning to bake like her mother.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780802775771 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802775772 |
| Titel | Heat Wave! |
| Autor | Helen Ketteman |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Walker Childrens |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2000-03-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 32 |
| Preise | Young Hoosier Book Award |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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