Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

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Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

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Category
Historical Fiction
Reader Personality Type
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Year Published
2002
Part of a Series
Country
Curriculum
  • Social Emotional Learning
  • Social Studies Curriculum
  • 08-10 Middle Readers
  • 11-13 Older Readers
  • 14+ Mature Readers
  • Historical Fiction

It’s 1941 and the Japanese planes are streaking over Pearl Harbor. Adam knows his father is down there on the Arizona and he slips down under the barbed wire to find him. Then war finds Adam and he is about to face real danger. This is the first of a trilogy.

112 pages                                          978-0689841606                                Ages 10-14

Recommended by:  Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com

Also in this series:  A Boy No More;  Heroes Don't Run

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December 7, 1941: A morning like any other, but the events of this day would leave no one untouched.

For Adam, living near Honolulu, this Sunday morning is one he has been looking forward to -- fishing with friends, away from the ever-watchful eyes of his father, a navy lieutenant. Then, right before his eyes, Adam watches Japanese planes fly overhead and attack the U.S. Navy. All he can think is that it's just like in the movies. But as he sees his father's ship, the Arizona, sink beneath the water, he realizes this isn't make-believe. It's real. Over the next few days, Adam searches for answers -- about his friends, the war, and especially, his father. But Adam soon learns sometimes there are no answers.---from the publisher

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