It's 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen-year-old Ashe. His racist father married his peace-activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple, like the situation in Vietnam, has been engaged in a "senseless war that could have been prevented." When his high school teacher dares to teach the political realities of the war, Ashe grows to better understand the situation in Vietnam, his family, and the world around him. But when a new crisis hits his parents' marriage, Ashe finds himself trapped, with no options before him but to enter the fray.

 

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company .

Chris Crowe , a professor of English at Brigham Young University, has published award-winning fiction and nonfiction for teenagers, as well as written for many magazines. He is a popular speaker and writer in librarian and teacher circles. He lives with his wife in Provo, Utah. Visit www. chriscrowe. com.