Devotion (Adapted for Young Adults)

In this young adult adaptation of a national bestseller, the true story of Navy pilots Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown unfolds during the Korean War. Despite their starkly different backgrounds—Hudner, a white New Englander of privilege, and Brown, an African American from a Mississippi sharecropper family—their deep friendship emerges amid the chaos of war. As they face extraordinary circumstances, including a daring rescue mission after one is shot down behind enemy lines, their unwavering commitment to each other highlights themes of bravery and loyalty against a backdrop of racial inequality.