The blossom and the firefly
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2020].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
310 pages : map ; 22 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Young Adult
Fiction Smith, S
1 available
Fiction Smith, S
1 available
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Published
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2020].
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.2, 10 Points
Level 5.2, 10 Points
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
720
Notes
Description
Told in two voices, seventeen-year-old kamikaze pilot Taro and fifteen-year-old war worker Hana meet in 1945 Japan, he with no future and she, haunted by the past. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Description
Japan 1945. Taro is a talented violinist and a kamikaze pilot in the days before his first and only mission. He believes he is ready to die for his country . . . until he meets Hana. Hana hasn't been the same since the day she was buried alive in a collapsed trench during a bomb raid. She wonders if it would have been better to have died that day . . . until she meets Taro. A song will bring them together. The war will tear them apart. Is it possible to live an entire lifetime in eight short days?
Target Audience
HL720L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.2,10,509570.
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