
Description
A single day changed the course of history: December 7, 1941. Nobody in America knew Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was coming. Nobody was prepared for the aftermath.
Filled with firsthand accounts and photographs, this unflinching, action-packed narrative puts readers on the ground in Pearl Harbor through the stories of real stories of a diverse cast of characters. From the attackers to the attacked, daring rescues to tragic losses, unlikely survival to quick-thinking responses, learn the stories of the men, women, and children who experienced that fateful day and its aftereffects.
Perfect for fans of Steven Sheinkin and Deobrah Heiligman, award-winning author Marc Favreau sheds new, compelling light onto a history we think we know, what it means to be American, and the enduring lessons from an event we never saw coming.
* "A jaw-dropping account of Pearl Harbor ... artfully conceived and grippingly told."―Publishers Weekly, starred review
Product Details
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Publish Date | November 14, 2023 |
Pages | 240 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780316592079 |
Dimensions | 8.3 X 5.4 X 1.0 inches | 0.7 pounds |
About the Author
Reviews
Praise for Crash:
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018
A 2018 Booklist Editors' Choice title
A 2019 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
An ALA Notable Children's Book of 2019
A Bank Street College Best Children's Book
"Crash does a great job of mixing personal stories with big-picture history, delivering a compelling narrative about the Great Depression--and about how Americans' reaction to it changed our country forever."
--Steve Sheinkin, National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honor author of Bomb and Most DangerousPraise for Spies:
A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2019
"Marc Favreau's Spies is narrative nonfiction at its finest: insightful, impeccably researched, and, most of all, impossible to put down."
--Deborah Hopkinson, Sibert Honor author of Titanic: Voices from the DisasterPraise for Unequal:
A YALSA-ALA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adult Award Finalist
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2022
* "Empowering, profound, and necessary, purchase for all collections serving young adults." --School Library Journal, starred review
--SLJ starred review* "Favreau weaves vivid, succinct accounts of the volatile U.S.-Soviet relationship into his tension-inducing spy stories... Black-and-white photos and excellent supplemental material...enhance the reader's understanding of this riveting, timely topic." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
--PW starred review"Well researched and particularly attentive to offering one person's viewpoint at a time, giving a sense of immediacy to their individual experiences and intensity to their memories and observations. A very readable book on a topic of perennial interest." --Booklist
"An inclusive, expansive take on a pivotal historical moment. [Favreau] accessibly and engagingly shows readers that with Pearl Harbor, the real story is 'more complicated--and much more interesting, tragic, and heroic--than the simplified version.'"--Kirkus
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