Battle Lines: Book 4 in the Kids Like You Series

Hattie Percha wants nothing form than to live a normal teenage life--pep rallies with her best friends, Crackers and Beverly, a date to the Homecoming Dance, maybe even a steady boyfriend--and leave her compulsion for activism behind. But giving up her social conscience proves harder than she imagines. When Crackers' step-brother Issac goes MIA in Vietnam, Hattie can't ignore the pull to learn more about the war and find a way to ease Crackers' pain as she wrestles with the possible loss of her brother. Hattie organizes a Moratorium Day at school in search of the truth, only to discover there are no definitive answers to the burning questions of her freshman year: Is Vietnam our war to fight? Should the government force young men to fight a war they don't believe in? Are we saving America's future by allowing young men to die?Steeped with rich memories and the confusion of 1960 and 1970s America, Battle Lines is sure to make you laugh, think intensely, and feel penetrating heartache. Sometimes the most sought after answers are painfully elusive.