Lucky Linderman’s Grandfather is MIA in the jungles of Laos.
His father is emotionally distant, and
Nader McMillan has been bullying him since grade school. His father prefers not
to get involved, and his mother swims a hundred laps a day and pretends they
have a normal family, even as the bullying intensifies.
But Lucky has his own way to deal with it: he escapes to the
jungle to rescue his grandfather. There he has great adventures, fighting the
Viet Cong for his grandfather’s life. There, he can be brave and strong, and a
hero. There, Nader McMillan can’t intrude.
Eventually, of course, reality crashes in, and Lucky has to
decide how he will handle Nader.
2013-2014 MASL Gateway Award nominee
288 pages
