Bibliograph

Hazard, Frances O'Roark Dowell

Type

Label

Hazard, Frances O'Roark Dowell

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 9-13, Atheneum Books for Young ReadersGrades 4-6, Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Hazard

Oclc number

1313123809

Responsibility statement

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Summary

Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when an IED blew up--but as his therapy progresses he begins to process what has happened to him and his family, including his father's psychological trauma that has made him refuse to see his sons

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification