Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii 1941 (Dear America Series)
On the heels of the much-anticipated movie "Pearl Harbor", acclaimed author Barry Dennenberg has written a moving story of one girl's devasting expenrience at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.Pearl Harbor, on the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii, was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy at approximately...
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On the heels of the much-anticipated movie "Pearl Harbor", acclaimed author Barry Dennenberg has written a moving story of one girl's devasting expenrience at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.Pearl Harbor, on the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii, was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy at approximately 8:00 A.M., Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The surprise attack involved a striking force of 353 Japanese aircraft. Nineteen U.S. ships, including five battleships, and about 150 U.S planes were destroyed; more than 2,300 soldiers, sailors and civilians were killed. President Roosevelt declared that it was "a day that will live in infamy." On December 8, Congress declared a state of war with Japan; three days later Germany and Italy declared was on the United States.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780439328746 (0439328748)
Publish date: October 1st 2001
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Pages no: 158
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
History,
Literature,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Middle Grade,
War,
World War II,
Diary
Series: Dear America
This is about a girl that moves often because of the dad job. She doe not like having to move from one city to the next and leaving her friend and missing school, just after getting settled in a city.This diary starts out in Washington DC, it set in Washington DC until they move to Hawaii. The rest ...
Hey, guys, remember childhood? This was part of mine because I was a bookworm in every definition of the word!