Get These Books At Your Local Library The Last Mission, by Harry Mazer
An intense and gripping fictional drama about WW II. Jack Raab is a 15 year old boy, who hates what Hitler is doing to the Jews in Europe. His older looks, and a fake I.D., get him into the Air Force. He trains with a bombing crew in England, to prepare for their terrifying bombing missions over Germany. On their twenty fourth bombing mission, their plane is shot down, and the survivors, including Jack, are taken prisoner. The storytelling is riveting. The bombing runs are vividly described. The language is hard hitting and real. The ending is thought provoking. Your son will be engrossed by this story
You ready?" he asked.
"No," was my usual reply. Though honestly, I was. I felt a little like a caveman, but the strange clothes fit me fine. I tied them tight with leather straps the way Uncle Press showed me. The only bad thing was I really wished I could have kept my underwear. There was going to be some major league rash-action going on here and they probably didn't have talcum powder on Denduron.
"Shoot," I muttered when the paper sliced my finger; I pulled it out to examine the damage. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut.It all happened very quickly then.
Edward threw himself at me, flinging me back across the table...
Bright purple: color me confused By Melody Carlson
In the food court at the Greenville Mall, Jessica LeCroix drops a bomb: "I'm a lesbian." Ramie Grant cannot believe her ears. Jessi! Her best friend, her teammate...a homosexual? It's all way too much for Ramie to handle.