Attacked!: Pearl Harbor and the Day War Came to America
by Marc Favreau (Author)
The true story of Pearl Harbor as you've never read it before--action-packed, informative, and told through the eyes of a diverse group of people who experienced the terror of the unprecedented attack firsthand.
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. It became a defining moment from which the country never truly recovered.
Perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Deborah Heiligman, this unflinching narrative puts readers on the ground in Pearl Harbor through the stories of real people who experienced the attack and its aftereffects. It alternates between the sweeping views and fateful decisions of leaders such as FDR and on-the-ground accounts from soldiers and sailors of all backgrounds as well as an array of other unique participants and observers. Attacked! 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.
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Kirkus Reviews
An inclusive, expansive take on a pivotal historical moment.
Publishers Weekly
In this important work, Favreau (Unequal) employs multiple perspectives to render a jaw-dropping account of Pearl Harbor, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) called "a date that will live in infamy." Through immediate and urgent firsthand accounts from American, Japanese, and Native Hawaiian citizens and military leaders, the author revisits the "interesting, tragic, and heroic" actions that occurred on Dec. 7, 1941. Sources include Takeo Yoshikawa (1912-1993), a Japanese spy who--while posing as a diplomat, dishwasher, and tourist--mapped out "every military installation on Oahu"; Kazuo Sakamaki (1918-1999), a Japanese mini-sub operator who became the first WWII POW detained in America; a nine-year-old Hawaiian boy whose family farm bordered Pearl Harbor; and Doris Miller (1919-1943), a Black mess hall attendant on the battleship West Virginia, who was awarded the Navy Cross for heroism. Alongside depictions of communal recovery, Favreau's balanced and nonpartisan narration renders the toll that the tragedy exacted on Native Hawaiians and the racism that Japanese Americans endured in incarceration camps. It's an extensively researched telling that is artfully conceived and grippingly told. Timelines and source notes conclude. Ages 10-up. Agent: Tanya McKinnon, McKinnon Literary. (Nov.)
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