Matt's Crusade — Margot Marek

Seventh grader Matt Tyson is tempted to join his new friend Allie in a public protest against the Army's decision to stockpile nuclear missiles outside their town, even though the demonstration conflicts with a big football game in which he is needed to play.The ideological conflicts of a twelve-year-old boy trying to deal with the issue of nuclear war is captured in the story of Matt, who finds himself torn between his father's beliefs and his own conscience