

Four-Four-Two
Author: Dean Hughes
Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 11/08/2016
Author: Dean Hughes
Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 11/08/2016
Dean Hughes is a bestselling and prolific writer who published his hundredth book in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Weber State College and master’s degree and PhD from the University of Washington. He has attended post-doctoral seminars at Stanford and Yale Universities and taught English at Central Missouri State University and Brigham Young University.
I really enjoyed reading this book. It ties everything about war into one book. It includes the relationships between people, the gruesomeness of war, the reality of glory in war, and life after war. It gave me a better perspective on WWII and war in general. Great book that represents battle the ri......more
Clarification: I think my honest rating would be 2 1/2 stars but I bumped it up to 3 because I didn't want to shortchange the book and author. Review: Why would I read this book, you (and I) might ask. One, it was the summer reading project book chosen by my oldest grandson, the one that I have a bo......more
The 444th unit was a command of troops in World War II. Four-Four-Two is a fictional historical account of World War II through Yuki Nakahara's eyes as a Japanese-American. It is written by Dean Hughes, an author acclaimed for his books on young adults, sports, and war. He was born right before the......more
Yuki Nakahara is an American. But when the Japanese army aligned with the Axis Powers attacks Pearl Harbor, no one sees him that way. They see him as a no good son of two Japanese immigrants. Yuki doesn't want to be seen that way. He wants to be an American, so he enlists in the army to help fight W......more
This is a story about Japanese Americans who were put in internment camps during WWII simply because they were of Japanese heritage. Some of these people were from families who had been in America for many generations. It is sad and is not fair, but it happened. The young son from one such family de......more