Price of Duty
Published on 17. July 2018
192 pages
978-1-4814-9711-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Todd Strasser has written many critically acclaimed novels for adults, teenagers, and children, including the award-winning Can't Get There from Here, Give a Boy a Gun, Boot Camp, If I Grow Up, Famous, and How I Created My Perfect Prom Date, which became the Fox feature film Drive Me Crazy. Todd lives in a suburb of New York and speaks frequently at schools. Visit him at ToddStrasser.com.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Chapter 1: Aljahim
- Chapter 2: Jake
- Chapter 3: The General
- Chapter 4: Brad
- Chapter 5: Aljahim
- Chapter 6: Brad
- Chapter 7: Lori
- Chapter 8: Mr. Washington
- Chapter 9: Brandi
- Chapter 10: The Recruiter
- Chapter 11: Aurora
- Chapter 12: Aljahim
- Chapter 13: Dad
- Chapter 14: The General
- Chapter 15: Brad
- Chapter 16: Lori
- Chapter 17: Brandi
- Chapter 18: Aljahim
- Chapter 19: Morpiss
- Chapter 20: Brad
- Chapter 21: Aurora
- Chapter 22: The General
- Chapter 23: Brandi
- Chapter 24: Erin Rose
- Chapter 25: Brad
- Chapter 26: Aurora
- Chapter 27: Brad
- Chapter 28: Dad
- Chapter 29: Brad
- Chapter 30: One Year Later
- Postscript
- About the Author
- Copyright
