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Reviewed on June 1, 1998
Gr 4-6 A trip to the battlefield called "Devil's Den" at Gettysburg becomes the catalyst for seventh-grader Joey's unresolved emotions about the father he's never met. When Ben, who has been married to Joey's mother for over five years, announces his plans to adopt the boy, Joey responds with anger and initiates a search for his biological father. Working his way through a web of misconceptions and misrepresentations, he uses his family's phone bills to track the man down in Oklahoma. One conversation reveals hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More