Life is not easy when you are twelve and mad. Alex Thompson feels
abandoned by his dad when his father leaves him and goes to war in
Iraq. Fearing that her son's anger will turn into hatred, his
mother asks her father, Dr. Jason Jamison, for help. On a camping
trip, Alex asks his grandfather if he ever felt abandoned. In
response, Jason tells about a time over fifty years earlier when he
was fourteen and innocent.
In 1954, life was simple and carefree. All Jason and his best
friend, George Alexander, wanted to do was to play baseball when
their tranquility was shattered. Polio paralyzed George, and fear
griped Smithville, Kansas, because there was no polio vaccine at
the time, and anybody could be the next victim. Jason was upset and
felt abandoned when his father, the town physician, sent him to
stay with his grandparents on Ash Creek Farm. Moreover, George's
parents abandoned their paralyzed son by sending him to a nursing
home and nobody seemed to care. How could Jason help George when he
was isolated on the farm and miles away from his friend?
Will Jason's story help Alex understand and accept his own
father's obligation?
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