Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw
Twelve-year-old Yuriko's happy life with her father in Hiroshima, Japan, is disrupted when her aunt and cousin move in, when a dark secret is revealed, and then, devastatingly, when the atomic bomb is dropped.
Student review
This book is about a girl named Yuriko who lived in Hiroshima during World War II. She is faced with some conflicts throughout the story with her family and overall World War II.
| In 1943 ten-year-old Lida is torn away from her home in the Ukraine, separated from her little sister Larissa, and sent to a slave labor camp in Germany, but when she is moved and set to making bombs she sees a way to strike back at the Nazis. |
Student review
This is a really good book and was really interesting. It had a good storyline and it was very easy to follow.
It's 1945, and the world is in the grip of war.
Hideki lives on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When WWII crashes onto his shores, Hideki is drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don't come back until you've killed an American soldier.
Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa. He doesn't know what to expect -- or if he'll make it out alive. He just knows that the enemy is everywhere.
Hideki and Ray each fight their way across the island, surviving heart-pounding ambushes and dangerous traps. But when the two of them collide in the middle of the battle, the choices they make in that instant will change everything.
Student review
This was very cool book and there were two different sides of the story. You would like this book if you’re into action and warlike type of books. I personally liked the book and I recommend this book for others.
| Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together. |
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This is a very well written book with a unique and interesting story. In this book, there are three different stories of people that are refugees being told. Every chapter it alters from one person to another. This book did a very good job describing what a refugee would be like. It was a really good book. |