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"body": "<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n RGMediaType:books;\nTitle:Missing in Action;\nCreators:Dean Hughes;\nInterestLevel:Grades 7-8; Grades 9-12;\nReadingLevel:Grades 7-8;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:Coming of age; Companionship as salvation; Displacement; Forgiveness; Identity crisis;\nGenre:Historical fiction;\nPoV:;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:Available;\nFreeWebVersion:Yes;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:;\nGeography:Delta, Utah; Topaz;\nChronology:1942-1943;\nFacility:Topaz (Central Utah) [1] - Delta, Utah;\n </p>\n </div>\n </div>\n <div id=\"databox-Books\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n Title:Missing in Action;\nAuthor:Dean Hughes;\nIllustrator:;\nOrigTitle:;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nSeries:;\nGenre:;\nPublisher:Atheneum Books;\nPubDate:2010;\nCurrentPublisher:;\nCurrentPubDate:;\nMediaType:;\nPages:222;\nAwards:;\nISBN:;\nWorldCatLink:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317623117\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317623117\n </a>\n ;\n </p>\n </div>\n <p>\n A part-Navajo teenager moves with his mother to her hometown of Delta, Utah, and his struggle to find his own identity is aided by his friendship with Ken, a Japanese American teenager, who refuses to allow his family's incarceration at nearby\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Topaz\" title=\"Topaz\">\n Topaz\n </a>\n defeat his spirit.\n </p>\n <div class=\"section\" id=\"Synopsis\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Synopsis\">\n Synopsis\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n The novel opens in Delta, a small town in central Utah. Jay, a part-Navajo teenager who has just moved with his mother from Salt Lake City, comes across a group of neighborhood boys playing baseball. They are curious about him, especially when they find out his grandfather is a well-known and respected shopkeeper and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church, or Mormon Church) in town. Jay is ambivalent about his identity and his father, who is missing in action in World War II. The boys, who assume Jay is part Native American, call him Chief, something that Jay dislikes but goes along with nonetheless.\n </p>\n <p>\n Jay’s grandfather hires a Japanese American teenager named Ken, whose family is incarcerated at nearby Topaz, to do work on his property, and makes Jay work with him. Jay hears from other people in the town that the Japanese Americans should not be trusted. Jay is reluctant to let people know how much time he spends with Ken because he does not want to be associated with yet another marginalized group. As he spends more time with Ken, and Ken teaches him how to be a better baseball pitcher, he not only enjoys his company but he also admires his confidence and resilience despite the discrimination he faces.\n </p>\n <p>\n Jay and Ken organize a baseball game between Jay’s group of friends and a team Ken coaches at Topaz. Jay comes to terms with the reality of who his father was, and accepts that he is probably dead. He also learns to be proud of who he is and stand up for himself, like Ken does. Ken enlists in the army.\n </p>\n </div>\n </div>\n <div class=\"section\" id=\"Author_Background\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Author_Background\">\n Author Background\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n Dean Hughes is a prolific author who has published over one hundred books covering a range of topics for all reading levels.\n </p>\n </div>\n </div>\n <div class=\"section\" id=\"Response\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Response\">\n Response\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n <i>\n Missing in Action\n </i>\n was positively reviewed, receiving praise for its characters and plot and willingness to address challenging issues.\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-1\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-1\">\n [1]\n </a>\n </sup>\n Some reviewers did note that it was \"uneven,\" with one reviewer concluding that \"Although serious issues of Native American prejudice, family violence, Japanese-American internment, and homophobia are raised, the story ends too idealistically and neatly.\"\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-2\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-2\">\n [2]\n </a>\n </sup>\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n <b>\n Authored by\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Emily_Anderson\" title=\"Emily Anderson\">\n Emily Anderson\n </a>\n </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n Anderson, Emily\n </div>\n </div>\n </div>\n</div>\n",
"moreinfo": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n For More Information\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n Publisher website:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Missing-in-Action/Dean-Hughes/9781481426992\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Missing-in-Action/Dean-Hughes/9781481426992\n </a>\n </p>\n <p>\n Rappleye, Christine. \"\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865586649/LDS-author-Dean-Hughes-marks-his-100th-published-book.html?pg=all\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n LDS Author Dean Hughes Marks His 100th Published Book.\n </a>\n \"\n <i>\n Deseret News\n </i>\n , Sept. 19, 2013.\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
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