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A review by the_loudlibrarian
Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz
4.0
Thanks to Netgalley and Scholastic for the advance Kindle copy of this book. It’s out on 2/6/24! All opinions are my own.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 for Gratz’s newest, which takes place during the attack on Pearl Harbor. This one is told in a single voice, thirteen-year-old Frank McCoy. His family is stationed in Hawaii with the Navy, and Frank is overly scared of EVERYTHING after an incident back in Florida, where they lived prior to Hawaii. When he fails to stand up for his best friend when a bully picks a fight, he is desperate to make it up to him. As the sky opens up on December 7, Frank and Stanley both test what it really means to be brave. Stanley is Japanese-American, and Gratz touches on the implications of that toward the second half of the book. Some of the boys’ heroics are a bit far-fetched, but this will surely fly right off the shelves. Order multiple copies, librarians.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 for Gratz’s newest, which takes place during the attack on Pearl Harbor. This one is told in a single voice, thirteen-year-old Frank McCoy. His family is stationed in Hawaii with the Navy, and Frank is overly scared of EVERYTHING after an incident back in Florida, where they lived prior to Hawaii. When he fails to stand up for his best friend when a bully picks a fight, he is desperate to make it up to him. As the sky opens up on December 7, Frank and Stanley both test what it really means to be brave. Stanley is Japanese-American, and Gratz touches on the implications of that toward the second half of the book. Some of the boys’ heroics are a bit far-fetched, but this will surely fly right off the shelves. Order multiple copies, librarians.