Attack on Pearl Harbor, Shelley Tanaka
Attack on Pearl Harbor, Shelley Tanaka
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Attack on Pearl Harbor

Author: Shelley Tanaka

Series: I Was There Series

Narrator: Charles Carroll

Unabridged: 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2011

Synopsis

Early on the morning of December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a massive surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Two brief and terrible hours later, much of the American fleet lay sunk or burning; 2,388 Americans were dead; and the United States and Japan were at war. Dozens of children witnessed this pivotal moment in history. And hundreds of young servicemen—both American and Japanese—came of age on this unforgettable day. Now, for the first time, their gripping eyewitness accounts are woven together in a powerful retelling of the events at Pearl Harbor. Award-winning author Shelley Tanaka re-creates every harrowing and heroic moment through the memories of young people who were actually there.

About Shelley Tanaka

Shelley Tanaka is an award-winning children’s book author and editor. She is the author of Amelia Earhart and Mummies: The Newest, Coolest & Creepiest from Around the World, as well as several other books in the I Was There series. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.

About Charles Carroll

Charles Carroll is an actor and voice-over artist residing in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He is an avid film buff and stays active in the local film community.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kiddo on May 23, 2015

Kiddo likes the destruction. I like that there are multiple perspectives presented.......more

Goodreads review by Lenore on April 30, 2022

This book takes place in Hawaii and it's islands on December 7, 1941 when Japan began WW2 by bombing Pearl Harbor, including the Ford Island Navel Air Station, and "Battleship Row" that included the battleships Nevada, Arizona, the Tennessee and West Virginia, the Maryland, the Oklahoma, the Califor......more

Goodreads review by Becky on February 25, 2021

I particularly like that this book tells the true stories, as the attack plays out, of a boy native to the Island, a young Naval man on the Oklahoma, a Japanese warrior in a mini-sub, and possibly someone else whom I can't remember at the moment (growing old is not kind to one's memory) so the reade......more

Goodreads review by Srivarenya on November 02, 2020

Attack on Pearl Harbor was a great book. I loved the details that were given leading up to the event of the bombing, before that It was wonderful seeing the perspective of a submarine captain and what all went down as he witnessed mostly all of it happen. Non-fiction books are not my strong suit, ev......more

Goodreads review by Mark on September 27, 2021

I was deeply moved by this short presentation regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor! The author provided different points of view! Though short, it was heart stirring!......more

Quotes

“According to the author’s note ‘the text, including any dialogue,’ is based on first-person written accounts and on interviews. Although there is almost certainly some imaginative recreation here, the stories vividly convey a sense of what Pearl Harbor was like for these survivors.” Children’s Literature

“In the newest title in the excellent I Was There series, Tanaka reconstructs key events of the attack on Pearl Harbor, based on the harrowing, real-life experiences of four young men…The account is riveting. She includes plenty of sensory details and writes in a clipped, concise manner that clearly conveys the danger and frenzied pace of the events.” Booklist

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