Heroes
(New Books)
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Published
New York : Scholastic Press, 2024.
Format
New Books
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781338736076, 1338736078
Physical Desc
219 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Kimball Library - New Books | J FIC GRATZ | Available in Coop | |
Plaistow Public Library | J FIC GRA | Checked Out | April 22, 2024 |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Boys -- Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination and prejudice -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Hawaii -- Juvenile fiction. -- Oahu -- Pearl Harbor
Historical fiction.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Juvenile fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Hawaii -- Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination and prejudice -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Hawaii -- Juvenile fiction. -- Oahu -- Pearl Harbor
Historical fiction.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Juvenile fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Hawaii -- Juvenile fiction.
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Published
New York : Scholastic Press, 2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781338736076, 1338736078
Notes
Description
December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. With their dads stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, the boys get to soak up the sunshine while writing and drawing their own comic books. World War II might be raging overseas, but so far America has stayed out of the fight. There's nothing to fear, right?
December 7th, 1941: Everything implodes.
Frank and Stanley are touring a battleship when Japanese planes zoom overhead, dropping bomb after bomb. As explosions roar and sailors screa, Frank and Stanley realize the unthinkable is happening: Japan is attacking America! The war has come to them.
Frantically, the boys struggle to find safety. But disaster and danger are everywhere--from torpedoes underwater to bullets on the beach... to the shocking cruelty that their friends and neightbors show Stanely. Because his mom is Japanese-American, Stanely is suddenly seen as the "enemy." And Frank, who is white, cannot begin to understand what his friend is now facing.
If the boys make it through this infamous day, can their friendship--and their dreams--survive? Or has everything they know been destroyed?
Told with the immediacy, high-stakes action, and inventive storytelling that make Alan Gratz (Refugee,Ground Zero) one of today's biggest authors, this riveting look at the attack on Pearl Harbor explores themes of prejudice, power, and what it truly means to be a hero.
Plus: The book ends with an all-original, 10-page black & white comic that brings to life the comic book idea that Frank and Stanley brainstorm in the novel. The comic is written by Alan Gratz and illustrated by Judit Tondora.
Target Audience
Ages 7-11,Scholastic Inc.
Target Audience
Grades 4-6,Scholastic Inc.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gratz, A., Tondora, J., & McMahom. Jim. (2024). Heroes (First edition.). Scholastic Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gratz, Alan, 1972-, Judit, Tondora and McMahom. Jim. 2024. Heroes. Scholastic Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gratz, Alan, 1972-, Judit, Tondora and McMahom. Jim. Heroes Scholastic Press, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gratz, Alan, Judit Tondora, and McMahom. Jim. Heroes First edition., Scholastic Press, 2024.
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