During World War II, Rex, a young New Zealand boy, finds his life irrevocably changed by the arrival of a wounded American soldier, Jackson Coop, an African American private with a hatred for war, who stays with Rex’s family while recuperating.
- ISBN: 9780671865610
- Author: Gee, Maurice
- Published: 1993, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Themes: injuries, prejudice, race, soldier, World War II
- Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), New Zealand, Oceania
- No. of pages: 176