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Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when...

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Main Author: Dowell, Frances O'Roark (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Families of military personnel > Juvenile fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Anger > Juvenile fiction.
Psychoanalytic counseling > Juvenile fiction.
Amputees > Juvenile fiction.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Juvenile fiction.
Children of military personnel > Juvenile fiction.
Psychotherapy > Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when an IED blew up--but as his therapy progresses he begins to process what has happened to him and his family, including his father's psychological trauma that has made him refuse to see his sons.
Physical Description:146 pages ; cm
Audience:Ages 9-13.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN:9781481424660
1481424661
9781481424677
148142467X
Author Notes:Frances O'Roark Dowell was born on a military post in Berlin, Germany on May 30, 1964. She received a B.A. from Wake Forest University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of Massachusetts. She has written numerous books including Where I'd Like to Be, The Secret Language of Girls, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be, Chicken Boy, and Falling In. She also writes the Phineas L. MacGuire series. She has received numerous awards for her work including Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel for Dovey Coe in 2001, the William Allen White Award for Dovey Coe in 2003, and the Christopher Medal for Shooting the Moon.

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