4.07 AVERAGE

dinahsaur's review

4.0

Thank you NetGalley and Scholastic for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

This book delivered in exactly the way I expect an Alan Gratz book to deliver. This is action packed, historical fiction, that is not afraid to get dark and gritty, even when the target audience is under the age of 15. When reading historical fiction about a major event, it can feel like the exposition is too slow (hurry up and get to the good stuff) but the character development was just right., and truly necessary to feel how the attack at Pearl Harbor affected the characters.
Most unexpected was the character of Stanley, the half-Japanese best friend. A sequel doesn't seem like Alan Gratz's style, but I would drop everything to read more about Stanley. Without Stanley, the main character, Frank, would probably be unlikable. Stanley balanced the whole story and gave the narrative of Pearl Harbor the bite I didn't know I'd find here.
4.5/5. Recommending to every reader looking for war fiction.

moreta1's review

5.0
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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book_tribute23's review

4.25
adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

neffcannon's review

4.0
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

staceyr's review

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hlindemann's review

3.0
adventurous emotional informative sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mediaman55's review

4.0
adventurous informative sad fast-paced

mlwilson1021's review

3.5
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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foreverfindingx's review

4.0
adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense
adventurous informative tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No