TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gratz,Alan
TI  - Grenade
SN  - 9781338245691
AV  - PZ7.G77224 Gr 2018
U1  - 813.6Fic 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Press
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Japan
KW  - Okinawa Island
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Ryukyuans
KW  - Japanese
KW  - Marines
KW  - Survival
KW  - Okinawa-shi (Japan)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
N2  - 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
ER  -