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Aim

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Aim

Contributors:
ISBN:

9781684372768

Publisher:

Astra Publishing House

Imprint:

Calkins Creek

Publication Date:

16th April 2019

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be

Dewey:

813.6

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

288

Description

World War II looms over the United States while fourteen-year-old Junior Bledsoe struggles with anger and identity after his father's death in this coming-of-age title in the award-winning middle-grade Bakers Mountain Stories series. 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.

Reviews

"A boy grappling with life-changing decisions, unlikely friendships, and what it means to be a man is at the soul of this story... Hostetter's well-crafted turn of phrase and timely humor all add to the richness of the era. A must-have for historical fiction collections." School Library Journal

"Set in the south in the early days of World War II, readers will find the times different, but not Junior's struggle to grow into a man. Young adults who enjoy historical novels...will appreciate Hostetter's attention to detail and the realistic way Junior reacts to the personal and political events around him...he learns his lesson about earning respect and overcoming generations of abuse to arrive at a sense of peace by the end of the book.' VOYA

"In this pre-World War II companion to the novels Blue (2006) and Comfort (2009), 14-year-old Junior Bledsoe fights personal battles at home as America's entry into the war grows imminent.... Hostetter creates a vivid sense of time and place in her early-1940s rural North Carolina setting and a fully realized, sympathetic character in Junior.... An absorbing, well-crafted coming-of-age story with finely detailed historical background." Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Joyce Moyer Hostetter is the author of Best Friends Forever. She received a BA in early childhood education at Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina. Since then, she has continued her studies on the graduate level in special education at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and art at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She lives near Hickory.

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