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Grenade Hardback - 2018

by Alan Gratz

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The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Refugee" returns with this searing and heart-pounding look at kids making their way through war--a high-octane story set on the island of Okinawa, near Japan in 1945.

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Here it is! The hugely anticipated follow-up to Gratz's NYT bestselling, critically acclaimed phenomenon REFUGEE. This is another searing and heart-pounding look at kids making their way through war.

A New York Times bestseller!It's 1945, and the world is in the grip of war.Hideki lives on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When WWII crashes onto his shores, Hideki is drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don't come back until you've killed an American soldier.Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa. He doesn't know what to expect -- or if he'll make it out alive. He just knows that the enemy is everywhere.Hideki and Ray each fight their way across the island, surviving heart-pounding ambushes and dangerous traps. But when the two of them collide in the middle of the battle, the choices they make in that instant will change everything.From the acclaimed author of Refugee comes this high-octane story of how fear can tear us apart, and how hope can tie us back together.

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  • Title Grenade
  • Author Alan Gratz
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scholastic Press
  • Publication date 2018-10-09
  • Features Dust Cover, Maps
  • ISBN 9781338245691 / 1338245694
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.9 x 1 in (21.84 x 14.99 x 2.54 cm)
  • Age range 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 760
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Catalog Heading: High Interest/Low Vocabulary
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
    • Curriculum Strand: High Interest/Low Vocabulary
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Japanese
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects War stories, Marines
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018033247
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/15/2018, Page 57
  • Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2018, Page 81
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2019, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview, 08/15/2018, Page 56
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/27/2018, Page 118
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/2018, Page 65

About the author

Alan Gratz is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several highly acclaimed books for young readers, including Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor, Two Degrees, Ground Zero, Allies, Grenade, Refugee, Projekt 1065, Prisoner B-3087, Code of Honor, and Captain America: The Ghost Army, an original graphic novel. Alan lives with his family in the Pacific Northwest. Look for him online at alangratz.com.

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