House of the Red Fish, Graham Salisbury
House of the Red Fish, Graham Salisbury
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House of the Red Fish

Author: Graham Salisbury

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/23/2010

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the California Young Reader Medal, Graham Salisbury injects his books with the exotic color of his native Hawaii. Continuing the story begun in Under the Blood-Red Sun, House of the Red Fish returns to Honolulu one year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Thirteen-year-old Japanese American Tomi Nakaji must struggle to support his family after the arrest of his father and grandfather.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tori on March 17, 2025

3.5/5 stars. Okay, honestly the reason this got knocked down to 3.5 instead of 4 stars was because of Keet Wilson. Halfway through the book I was ready to chuck it across the room. He is an infuriating antagonist, and not in a good way. Even though Salisbury gives us a little bit of a "he's a boy wi......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on March 22, 2018

Graham Salisbury strikes again with Tomi and House of the Red Fish. Following the events of the previous book, Under the Blood-Red Sun, the plots flows and intertwines so smoothly connecting plot point to plot point like a "connect the dots" page in a child's coloring book. House of the Red Fish is......more

Goodreads review by Alexis on December 16, 2017

This was an absolutely stunning book! Award-winning author, Graham Salisbury’s, “House of the Red Fish” intensely captures life for a young Japanese teen boy, Tomi Nakaji, in Honolulu after the attack at Pearl Harbor. His best friend Billy, other friends, and close family members are all his main su......more

Goodreads review by Zaida on December 05, 2019

This is the continuation of Graham Salisbury's first book from this series, Under the Blood Red Sun. I wasn't even aware that there were four books to this series! I found books 2-4 and loved them. I enjoyed this book in particular, returning to O`ahu with Tomi, his family and friends in the midst o......more

Goodreads review by Gretchen on June 02, 2019

While I really like using Under the Blood-Red Sun for my WWII unit with students, this book was a little disappointing. It continues the tale of Tomi, Billy and the others but has much less tension than the first book. This book concerns itself with Tomi trying to save his dad's sampan, fishing boat......more