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Grenade / Alan Gratz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 270 pages : map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781760665203
  • 9781338245691
  • 1338245694
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.
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Children's fiction Ōpunakē LibraryPlus Children's Children's fiction GRAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available i2185572
Young adult fiction Stratford YA Young adult fiction GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00841112
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On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.

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