A review by lyricallit
The Last Mission by Harry Mazer

4.0

I was looking for a book to recommend to high school boys, and I think I found one! The pace of this book sweeps you off your feet and along for the ride. I couldn't put it down! Though Jack is a bit of a sissy (more so than any real 15 year old will ever admit) at the beginning of the novel, he is real and grows a great deal (what boy wouldn't when faced with war?) by the end of the novel. It feels a bit rushed at the end, but then perhaps because the book's pace never really slows.