Boy underground : a novel

Boy underground A novel

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Book - 2021

1941. Steven Katz is the son of prosperous landowners. Although his parents don't approve, he's found true friends in Nick, Suki, and Ollie, sons of field workers. But Steven is in turmoil as he begins to acknowledge that his feelings for Nick amount to more than friendship. When the bombing of Pearl Harbor draws the US into World War II, bonds deepen and the fear of being different falls away. But after Nick unexpectedly disappears one day, Steven's life focus is to find him. On the way, Steven finds a place he belongs and a lesson about love that will last him his lifetime.

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Subjects
Gays > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Fiction.
Teenage boys > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction.
California > History > 1850-1950 > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Genres
Historical fiction
Published
Seattle : Lake Union Publishing [2021]
Language
English
Main Author
Catherine Ryan Hyde (author)
Item Description
Includes book club questions.
Physical Description
324 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781542029971
9781542021555
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

As a 14-year-old growing up in California, Steven Katz didn't feel like he fit in until he found the right friends: Suki, Ollie, and Nick. His small town was split between the haves and the have-nots, the farm owners and the farmworkers, though his school was a diverse melting pot. But prejudices in 1941 ran deep, and Steven didn't always receive a positive reaction to the news that one of his best friends, Suki, was Japanese. When the four boys hike down a nearby mountain after a weekend camping trip, they arrive in a hometown abuzz with the news of Pearl Harbor. They quickly realize how precious that trip now feels in a bewildering world, and know that the attack has changed their future. Hyde (Seven Perfect Things, 2021) dives deep into the cruelty and compassion of small-town life in the 1940s, America's shameful establishment of Japanese internment camps, and the immense collective and individual bravery of all four boys. Fans of Homer H. Hickham Jr.'s Rocket Boys (1998), Andrew J. Graff's Raft of Stars (2021), and Hyde's substantial backlist will savor this heart-opening and meticulously researched coming-of-age tale.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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