Freedom Flight (Support and Defend) - Tapa blanda

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"This series broaches the complex subject of teens with parents and guardians in the armed forces. Rising basketball star Tyshawn is excited to have his sergeant father home in Collateral Damage, but he was not prepared for his father's severe injury. Suddenly he has a host of new responsibilities in addition to his busy life as a teenager. Paige also has to adjust to her parent's trauma in Freedom Flight, when she quickly realized her mom has returned from service addicted to pain medication. In Combat Zone, Justin is determined to be a Navy SEAL like his father, until his role model betrays him with a secret. His aggression spins out of control, eventually threatening his lifelong dream. Always Faithful's Rosie also finds her life and anger spinning out of control when her former Marine Corps father announces he is reenlisting. These short novels clock in under 120 pages, but higher-level language and mature concepts make them a good fit for late middle grade and high school readers."--School Library Journal

"Fifteen-year-old Paige Harkins is excited that her mom is coming home from Afghanistan. She and the other Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) cadets await the flight that Paige has begun to call her mother's 'Freedom Flight, ' but the person Paige encounters isn't the mother she is expecting. Her mother has brought along extra baggage: an addiction to pain pills. Although Paige and her close friends in AFJROTC have each lost one or both parents to war and depend on one another for support, Paige can't share her mother's problem. If air force superiors learn of it, her mother could lose her job. Stress engulfs Paige, but ultimately she finds the courage to confront her mother about her dad's death and other secrets she might be harboring. This high/low, fast-paced read about military life is part of the Support and Defend series and will be popular with many YA readers."--Booklist

Reseña del editor

"Paige struggles with the reintroduction of her mother--and her pain pill habit--into household after she's been deployed numerous times overseas. At first grateful to have her home, Paige grows resentful and begins to rebel"--