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Sixteen-year-old Adam, grandson of a deceased war hero, accepts his grandfather’s last request to complete three dangerous tasks to let his grandfather rest in peace and help Adam with his future. Adam and his family head to France where Adam sets off alone to tackle these tasks, and fuelled with a need to prove himself and gain acceptance he risks everything and ends up mixed up in his grandfather’s unfinished war-time events. This action-packed novel for grades 7-8, suitable for a literature circle, guided novel study, and cross-curricular study in Social Studies and Art, deals with family relationships, independence, facing obstacles, personal strength, and determination.