| Grenade Contributor(s): Gratz, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 133831100X ISBN-13: 9781338311006 Publisher: Scholastic OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Asia |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 5.9" (0.30 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Catalog Heading - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary - Curriculum Strand - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here it is The hugely anticipated follow-up to Gratz's NYT bestselling, critically acclaimed phenomenon REFUGEE. This is another searing and heart-pounding look at kids making their way through war.It's 1945, and the world is in the grip of war.Hideki lives with his family on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When WWII crashes onto his shores, Hideki is drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don't come back until you've killed an American soldier.Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa. This is Ray's first-ever battle, and he doesn't know what to expect -- or if he'll make it out alive. He just knows that the enemy is everywhere.Hideki and Ray each fight their way across the island, surviving heart-pounding ambushes and dangerous traps. But then the two of them collide in the middle of the battle...And choices they make in that single instant will change everything.Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee, returns with this high-octane story of how fear and war tear us apart, but how hope and redemption tie us together. |