Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes

Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes

This tense and thought-provoking World War I story, from the acclaimed author of Missing in Action and Search and Destroy, examines what it truly means to be a hero.

Spencer Morgan and Dieter Hedrick are on opposite sides of the war, but they're fighting for the same things: honor and respect.

At the age of fifteen, Dieter's blind devotion gets him promoted from Hitler Youth into the German army. Dieter is determined to prove his allegiance and bravery all costs.

Spence, just sixteen, drops out of his Utah high school to begin training as a paratrooper. He's seen how boys who weren't much in high school can come home heroes, and Spence wants to prove to his friends and family that he really can be something.

Both Spence and Dieter fear the war will end too soon--that they won't get the chance to prove themselves. But when they finally see the action they were hoping for, it's like nothing they ever could have imagined.

Dean Hughes is the author of almost eighty books for children, including the popular sports series Angel Park All-Stars, the Scrappers series, the Nutty series, and the critically acclaimed companion novels Family Pose and Team Picture, Search and Destroy, and Four-Four-Two. Soldier Boys was chosen for the New York Public Library's Books for Teens list in 2001. Dean Hughes has three children and nine grandchildren with his wife Kathleen. These are residents of Midway, Utah.

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ISBN 13	9780689860218
ISBN 10	0689860218
Title	Soldier Boys
Author	Dean Hughes
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Year published	2003-05-01
Number of pages	230
Prizes	Commended for Golden Sower Award (Young Adult) 2004, Commended for Tayshas Reading 2003, Short-listed for Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award (Grades 6-8) 2009
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.