Suffering from the post-traumatic stress of being buried alive after a 1945 bombing raid on her Japanese hometown, fifteen-year-old Hana feels she has nothing to live for until meets seventeen-year-old Taro, a Kamikaze pilot training for his one and only mission. Over a period of eight days, Hana and Taro fall in love and await Taro's inevitable mission.
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call number/section: 1000
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, japan, juvenile fiction, kamikaze pilots, musicians, families, war stories, fiction, family life, love, war, japan, history, 1926-1945, juvenile fiction, fiction, historical fiction, romance fiction, war fiction, romance fiction, 1868-1945, love stories, electronic books
Editions
Smith, Sherri L
"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"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 17
Smith, Sherri L
"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"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 4
Smith, Sherri L
Suffering from the post-traumatic stress of being buried alive after a 1945 bombing raid on her Japanese hometown, fifteen-year-old Hana feels she has nothing to live for until meets seventeen-year-old Taro, a Kamikaze pilot training for his one and only mission. Over a period of eight days, Hana and Taro fall in love and await Taro's inevitable mission.
Schools: 1