Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (War)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
In this 3-part book in verse, Lois Lowry remembers the time just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, she tells the story of some of the survivors and some who died; she then tells about the people affected by the bomb that was dropped on the city of Hiroshima; and finally she write about her childhood, living in Japan and being the outsider.
I loved Lowry's personal connections, especially the poem about spotting a boy on a playground she later connected with as an adult. Both the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Bombing of Hiroshima were terrible events - I liked the personal connections she made. This would be a great, short resource for a classroom teaching WWII.
Lisa Librarian
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