Price of Duty

From award-winning author Todd Strasser comes a gripping new novel that explores the struggles of war, the price paid by those who fight in them, and what it really means to be a hero.

Jake Liddell is a hero.

At least, that's what everyone says he is. The military is even awarding him a Silver Star for his heroic achievements--a huge honor for the son of a military family. Now he's home, recovering from an injury, but it seems the war has followed him back. He needs pills to get any sleep, a young woman is trying to persuade him into speaking out against military recruitment tactics, and his grandfather is already urging him back onto the battlefield. He doesn't know what to do; nothing makes sense anymore.

There is only one thing that Jake knows for certain: he is no hero.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/17/2018
ISBN: 9781481497091
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Booklist 04/01/2018 pg. 73
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 05/01/2018 pg. 102
Publishers Weekly 04/30/2018
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2018
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2018
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2018 pg. 123
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 500313 / Price of Duty
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 6