World War II looms over the U.S. while fourteen-year-old Junior
Bledsoe struggles with anger and identity after his father's death.
As World War II threatens the United States in 1941, Junior Bledsoe
fights his own battles at home. He struggles with school and with
anger--at his late father, his insufferable granddaddy, his neighbors,
and himself--as he desperately tries to find his own aim in life.
But he finds relief escaping to the quiet of the nearby woods and
tinkering with cars, something he learned from his pop. And a fatherly
neighbor provides much-needed guidance. This heartfelt and inspiring
novel about a boy learning to accept the past and create his own future
also includes an author's note and bibliography.