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Category: Reconstructive Text
Author: Toshi Maruki
Publisher/Year: HarperCollins / 1982
Genre: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
Awards:
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award (1983)
Summary: Hiroshima No Pika is about the experience of a woman, her husband and daughter when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
Comments: It is a powerful book recounting the experience from another point of view: a survivor. The paintings in the book contribute to make the story even more sad and scary.
Classroom Application:
620L
Ages: 13 - 18 years old
It would generate a lot of questions about World War II and the use of the Atomic Bomb. I think it should be read to give a different perspective when studying about World War II. There are two sides to every story.
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