Grenade

Description:

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.

subjects: War stories,  Ryukyuans,  Juvenile fiction,  Japanese,  Fiction,  Campaigns,  World War, 1939-1945,  Survival,  Marines,  War,  History,  Children's fiction,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Survival, fiction,  Okinawa island (japan), fiction,  nyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2018-10-28,  New York Times bestseller

Places: Japan,  Okinawa-shi (Japan),  Okinawa Island

Times: 20th century