Grenade

Title:

Grenade

Author:

Gratz, Alan, 1972- author.

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.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

270 pages : illustration, map ; 22 cm

Genre:

War fiction.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island -- Juvenile fiction.

Ryukyuans -- Juvenile fiction.

Japanese -- Juvenile fiction.

Marines -- Juvenile fiction.

Survival -- Juvenile fiction.