A review by andiesmith
Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz

adventurous

5.0

Middle-grade reader or not, @alan.gratz doesn’t ever let us down. I was so excited to see this book announced. We need more stories in the Pacific during WWII. This is a beautiful and intense story of two boys growing up on Ford Island; Pearl Harbor was their playground…until the Japanese attack. The boys are in the middle of it all when the attack starts. During this time, the boys are terrified but also use their strengths to try to help.  changing their lives forever like many on December 7, 1941.  

 

The two friends love comics, and one of their names is Stanley. I have to wonder if this was a nod to Stan Lee. 

 

Thank you, @netgalley and @Scholastic, for an advanced reader copy.