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Published by Scholastic Press

ISBN 0545384281 (ISBN13: 9780545384285)

SYNOPSIS:

Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry are on their way to an uncertain future. Their whole lives are ahead of them, yet at the same time, death’s whisper is everywhere.

One white, one black, these young men have nothing in common and everything in common as they approach an experience that will change them forever.

It’s May 1944. World War II is ramping up, and so are these young recruits, ready and eager. In small towns and big cities all over the globe, people are filled with fear. When Josiah and Marcus come together in what will be the greatest test of their lives, they learn hard lessons about race, friendship, and what it really means to fight.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Walter Dean Myers was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia but moved to Harlem with his foster parents at age three. Walter has been writing since childhood and publishing since 1969 when he won the Council on Interracial Books for Children contest which resulted in the publication of his first book for children, Where Does the Day Go?, by Parent’s Magazine Press. Since then he has published over seventy books for children and young adults. He has received many awards for his work in this field.

Walter Dean Myers is married, has three grown children and lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.