A Boy No More

Author's Note- This is a re-tellling piece of the most recent book that I have read, A Boy No More.This gives a brief description of the book and the conflicts throughout the book.

A recent book that I have read is A Boy No More by Harry Mazer. In this book, a teenage boy named Adam Pelko lives in Hawaii with his mother and his little sister, Bea. One day, Adam is out with his friends in Adam’s boat fishing when they see Pearl Harbor getting bombed. The bombing forced Adam’s family to move out of Hawaii and found a place in a town called Bakersfield. But this tragic day, was the least of their problems, especially for Adam. The biggest conflict in the story was Adam receiving a letter from a close friend in Hawaii and setting Adam on an big adventure. The big problem was that Adam had school and he had a job he had to attend every morning. From Bakersfield to Fresno would take hours and possibly days. This conflict traveled throughout the entire book which kept the story real and exciting. In addition to what’s happening, this conflict affects everybody’s lives and their jobs. Adam almost loses his job because of the letter, sneaking out of the house and misses school, his mom had to sometimes stay home from work  just to make sure Adam didn’t sneak out of the house and go to Fresno. His sister still went to school but asked where her brother went. Adam’s family hit a little bump and it almost tore Adam’s family apart.

There were many ways that this conflict could be solved. One, Adam’s mom could drive him to Fresno and Adam could deliver the letter and drive back home together. Second, Adam could have just delivered the letter through mail to Davi’s dad. And lastly, Adam could have just wrote back and said something like, “I’m sorry but I am not able to deliver the message.” In the book, the way that Adam and his family solved the problem was letting Adam go on his adventure to deliver the letter, but work extra hours at work. That is probably the best way to solve a problem is to figure it out as a family. Adam and his mom solved their conflict. At the end of the book, Adam delivered the letter and Davi reconnected with his family. Always talk your problems out with your family and every solution can be solved the right way, just like Adam did with his family. They compromised and solved the issue.