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A Boy No More (Adam Pelko #2)
by
Harry Mazer
"What about what they did to my father?...The Japs killed him ..".I shouldn't have said "Jap," but Davi] knew I didn't mean him. It was the country where his parents were born. If his parents hadn't come to Hawaii, Davi would have been born there too. I lay there looking up into the dark, thinking, yes, it could have been him on one of those planes.
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...moreHardcover, 136 pages
Published
August 24th 2004
by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
(first published 2004)
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The story of 14-year-old Adam is clear and straightforward. The year is 1941, and Adam's family has left Hawaii. Having just lost his father in the Pearl Harbor attacks, Adam is adjusting to a new life with new friends and scenery in California. He develops positive relationships rapidly while struggling to fulfill a request from his Hawaiian and Japanese-American best friend. Undertones and overtones of racism as well as classic coming of age struggles pepper the plot.
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surviving pearl harbor was difficult. Living with the knowledge that his family will never be the same is harder. Going to school and making friends while his family decentegrates may distory him. His mother is not eating, working, then staying out partying with new friends makes Adam question if his family can survive. Then a letter comes from his friend at Pearl harbor, asking for help. He feels the tug of honor, and goes to deliver the letter only to find that he was too late. The uncle he wa...more
This book was good but not great. I thought that it had a good story to it but I alwawys thought that there would be more to the whole Pearl Harbor incident rather than him just telling everyone about it. It would have been alot better of a story explanation for them to have started the book with him being at the scene of when that happened. That was the only thing that bugged me throughout the book. Other than that they were very good with story telling and this was definitely a book that I did...more
Good read. This book dives into the heart of a young man recovering from the loss of his father and the tragedy of Pearl Harbor. Adam is growing up through the pages, and the author uses a short book to narrate a great amount of maturity. While I was saddened by the plight of Davi's family and the plot centering about the injustice towards Japanese Americans, it was a fact of the time and Mr. Mazer exposes it fairly. This book can be a good tool to teach equality and tolerance; however, talk...more
This book is the sequel to Harry Mazer's book, A Boy At War.
It is a good book because it shows how Adam starts to become a man.
While this is a good book, its not perfect because at parts it is kind of slow, and sometimes the hero's actions do not make sense.
In the book Adam is almost always at odds with his mother, and when Adam is offered by his grandfather to come and live with him things get tough.
The book closes on Adam deciding to stay with his mother.
It is a good book because it shows how Adam starts to become a man.
While this is a good book, its not perfect because at parts it is kind of slow, and sometimes the hero's actions do not make sense.
In the book Adam is almost always at odds with his mother, and when Adam is offered by his grandfather to come and live with him things get tough.
The book closes on Adam deciding to stay with his mother.
I liked the first one better but I would probably give these two books combined a three star rating. I don't really like this because the kid makes some stupid choices. I think that they are so stupid that they could influence some of our weaker minded. He makes his mom worry, worry, worry, and worry some more. He doesn't realize that what he is doing is hurting her so much. Read, and review, and please, please criticize
In book 2:A Boy No More In this book Adam, his mom, and sister move to California. Here Adam tries to help his friend Davi by taking a message to Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
I like that Mazer includes historical information. Pacific War - 1942, a concise time line. (I thought the Doolittle event and Midway were the sae thing.) Home Front - 1942 and Historical Documents. Images would have added value.
I like that Mazer includes historical information. Pacific War - 1942, a concise time line. (I thought the Doolittle event and Midway were the sae thing.) Home Front - 1942 and Historical Documents. Images would have added value.
A Boy No More is about a boy named Adam. It starts off where A Boy At War ends, but Adam's dad gets killed. His family has moved back to the states. Then, they move to Bakersfield. He receives a letter, and he has a mission to deliver to Adam's friend's father. He finds out that it was actually to his uncle. He is on a wild trip. Finally, he want to go to his Grandpa's farm.
A boy no more is about a boy name Adam who finds it hard to live life with all the war and losing his father who was a soilder that died at Pearl Harbor while also dealing with his best frend being kicked out of his town for being Japanese.All in all its about the bond between two friends and a wild adventure.
This is the second book of the series a boy at war. I gave this book three stars because there was not that much action in the book as i thought there was going to be. I guess it was alright. If you are a person that likes to read war books read this book then. It takes place in WWII.
This book is great. It took no time at all to read. I have learned quite alot about Pearl Harbor from this book. I wish that this series would never stop. i would recomend this book to most people who like war books. i can never read enough Harry Mazer books.
I thought this book was really good because I chose it to read and I thought it was a smart pick. I thought it taught me a life lesson of how to lisent to your parents and to help friends in there time of need. My group really liked it also. When we talked about what had happend for that section it made it interesting to hear what they had to say. I really liked this book a lot and if you ever have a chance to read this book you should.
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A boy no more is exactly what this book is about. This is a wonderful story about a boy who losses his dad in Pearl Harbor, but his dad is still listed M.I.A.
i loved this book! it was really cool. it shows you wat will happen when you are in the army. it also kept you on the edge of the ride. 5-5!
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i have learned when you are accused of doing something bad and have ben punished for it is hard for anyone.
This book is awsome. I love how Mazer really makes the book come alive. I recomend it to anybody.
it was a really good book i enjoyed reding it
Really good! Second book to the series!
excellent book for all ages
this book is about a young man named Pelko. he grows up in world war two his father died at pearl harbor while Pelko was fishing with a friend. He moves to california from hawaii and is trying to fit in with the crowd of people.
I didnt like this book
The them about this book is Adam doing things without permition he was noncareing what his mother thought about him doing what he wants to do.
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I didnt like this story. it was not interesting at all. the main character, adam, wasnt very cool. he wasnt entertaining and made the book not good. i wont be reading any more of this series.
I liked this book alot because it was about a family that had their dad in the forces like my dad was so i could relate to this book also. I thought that their was going to be more action in the book than their was like the book before this one.This book was ok becacuse it was set in the time of WW2. It was cool that the USA was against the Japanese and Adam had a friend that was Japanese. Overall it was a pretty good book.
if you like war books, you would love this book.
This book was an very good book. Its also very sad that his dad died. This book was about a boy who seen his father die at pearl harbor. he now helps the family the most. He gets a job. Then he goes to a misson to give a note to davi's dad. But that misson turns out to be an whole new adventure for
A Boy No More is an excellent read for Grades 6-9. It deals with issues such as war, growing up without a parent, learning to live on your own, rising above influence and immoral standards society will create, and it has the historical aspect because it takes place during World War Two.
It is really slow and boring, but speeds up when you get closer to the end. I liked this book because I've read the book after this (A Boy At War) and that's why I picked this book to read in the first place. it is a great book and you should read it too.
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Harry Mazer is an American author of books for children and young adults, acclaimed for his 'realistic' novels. He has written twenty-two novels, including The Solid Gold Kid, The Island Keeper, Heroes Don't Run, and Snow Bound, which was adapted as an NBC After school special, as well as one work of poetry and a few short stories.
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