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Hughes, Dean
11 Reviews
(2)
YA
In 1942, Yuki and his siblings, all American citizens, are deported with their mother to the Topaz internment camp. Yet Yuki joins the army because he believes it's the only way he'll "ever be respected in this country." Events, characters, and dialogue create an indelible sense of time and place. Yuki emerges as a true hero during a dark period of American history.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2016
(3)
4-6
During World War II, Jay moves with his mother from Salt Lake City to rural Delta, Utah. As Jay makes new friends and hones his baseball skills, he confronts the prejudice against his Navajo heritage while struggling to overcome his own toward Japanese Americans. All the while, he wrestles with his complicated feelings about his missing-in-action father. Familiar characters and themes populate this solid historical novel.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
(1)
YA
This World War II novel tells the parallel stories of two young soldiers fighting on opposite sides of the conflict--a paratrooper from Utah and a Hitler Youth who joins the German army. Spence and Dieter's paths cross briefly on a snow-covered Belgian hill in a scene both compassionate and tragic. Hughes tells their tales in assured prose that's harrowing without being exploitive.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2002
(3)
4-6
Scrappers series.
Robbie helps organize a summer baseball team, which is sponsored by a salvage yard and coached by a retired minor leaguer. Each volume focuses on a different teammate as he or she struggles to solve personal problems such as jealousy and hotheadedness. The characterizations are a bit more subtle than in other sports series, and the baseball action is involving.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
4-6
Scrappers series.
Each engaging volume features a different player on the Scrappers baseball team learning life lessons as they head into the championships. Jeremy risks a stolen base to prove his mettle; Tracy becomes tentative at second base after getting beaned by a ball; Thurlow is benched due to an injury. Baseball fans will be thrilled that most of the action takes place right on the playing field.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
4-6
Scrappers series.
Robbie helps organize a summer baseball team, which is sponsored by a salvage yard and coached by a retired minor leaguer. Each volume focuses on a different teammate as he or she struggles to solve personal problems such as jealousy and hotheadedness. The characterizations are a bit more subtle than in other sports series, and the baseball action is involving.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
4-6
Scrappers series.
Each engaging volume features a different player on the Scrappers baseball team learning life lessons as they head into the championships. Jeremy risks a stolen base to prove his mettle; Tracy becomes tentative at second base after getting beaned by a ball; Thurlow is benched due to an injury. Baseball fans will be thrilled that most of the action takes place right on the playing field.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
4-6
Scrappers series.
Robbie helps organize a summer baseball team, which is sponsored by a salvage yard and coached by a retired minor leaguer. Each volume focuses on a different teammate as he or she struggles to solve personal problems such as jealousy and hotheadedness. The characterizations are a bit more subtle than in other sports series, and the baseball action is involving.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
4-6
Scrappers series.
Robbie helps organize a summer baseball team, which is sponsored by a salvage yard and coached by a retired minor leaguer. Each volume focuses on a different teammate as he or she struggles to solve personal problems such as jealousy and hotheadedness. The characterizations are a bit more subtle than in other sports series, and the baseball action is involving.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
4-6
Scrappers series.
Each engaging volume features a different player on the Scrappers baseball team learning life lessons as they head into the championships. Jeremy risks a stolen base to prove his mettle; Tracy becomes tentative at second base after getting beaned by a ball; Thurlow is benched due to an injury. Baseball fans will be thrilled that most of the action takes place right on the playing field.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
4-6
Scrappers series.
Robbie helps organize a summer baseball team, which is sponsored by a salvage yard and coached by a retired minor leaguer. Each volume focuses on a different teammate as he or she struggles to solve personal problems such as jealousy and hotheadedness. The characterizations are a bit more subtle than in other sports series, and the baseball action is involving.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
11 reviews
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