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Mazer, Harry
5 Reviews
(2)
YA
Ben suffers a traumatic brain injury while in Iraq. The brief novel covers big themes: language, memory, identity, and how a war injury affects not just the soldier but everyone around him. Ben's parents and his girlfriend all suffer, and his autistic brother must learn to cope with his disordered world. An easy-to-read war novel that respects its readers and challenges them to understand the true consequences of war.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2012
(3)
4-6
Mazer imagines the personality and experiences of Sally Lincoln, beloved older sister of our sixteenth president. The story describes the Lincoln family's life in Indiana during the times just before and after the death of Abe and Sally's mother. This readable novel will expand readers' sense of pioneer history as well as the life of young Abe Lincoln. Glos.
Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn
(4)
YA
After his father's death at Pearl Harbor, Adam's family moves to California and his Japanese-American friend Davi asks him to deliver a message to a family member at an internment camp. The plot relies on too many coincidences and the final chapters seem tacked on, but fans of A Boy at War may be interested in this fast-paced sequel.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(2)
YA
Fourteen-year-old Adam's friendship with Japanese-American Davi is a problem for Adam's father, a naval officer stationed in Hawaii. Adam bristles at being told who his friends can be; early on December 7, 1941, he sneaks out to go fishing with Davi in Pearl Harbor. And that's where they are when the Japanese begin bombing. Mazer brings readers face to face with the tragedy of war in a gripping novel.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2001
(1)
4-6
When Sammy, a twelve-year-old boy with Down syndrome, becomes lost in the woods, he stumbles upon a delinquent teenage runaway. Afraid of being sent back to reform school, Kevin decides to keep Sammy captive. Convincingly told from Sammy's guileless point of view, the spare and simple narrative is at turns harrowing and touching. Short, suspenseful chapters move the action along; intriguing characterization lends depth to the drama.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 1998
5 reviews
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