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OLDER FICTION
Gratz, Alan

Grenade

270 pp. | Scholastic | October, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-338-24569-1 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-338-24571-4
(2) YA Alternating chapters relate the 1945 invasion of Okinawa from the perspectives of Hideki Kaneshiro, a fourteen-year-old conscript in the Japanese army, and young American Marine Ray Majors--until a climactic confrontation leaves Ray dead. Horrified, Hideki embarks on a perilous trek to find his sister and get them both to safety. The plot is suspenseful and the characters sympathetic; the unique Okinawan lens makes this WWII novel especially notable. Glos.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018

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