Dirty. Lazy. Good-for-nothing. Jay Thacker can be used to becoming called names because his father is fifty percent Navajo. But items will vary after he and his mom move to a small town in Utah to remain with his grandparents during WWII. Jay makes close friends and earns cash working the fields for his well-respected grandfather-but he encounters a problem in Ken, a fellow worker who’s through the nearby Japanese internment camp. Ken’s a Jap. And Jay’s father, who’s been fighting for the navy out in the Pacific, is normally missing in action. This moving tale about an improbable a friendly relationship deftly addresses themes of prejudice and intolerance, providing readers a glimpse of the past that enlightens the present.