Pearl Harbor Is Burning!

by Kathleen V. Kudlinski

Book Overview

In 1941, Frank meets Kenji, a Japanese-American boy who lives in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where Frank and his family have just moved. But then the unthinkable happens--Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese. Can Frank and Kenji still be friends? "A good springboard for thoughts and discussion of perennial, increasingly visible issues".--Kirkus Reviews.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670834750
• ISBN13: 9780670834754
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Loved it!

This was the best book I have ever read! Loved it. . .loved it. . .loved it!

Pearl Harbor is Burning!

The story takes place in Hawaii, where two boys from very different backgrounds become friends during the strike on Pearl Harbor. This short story is a very good read. My only complaint is that the story ends too soon. The author took time to develop characters but ended the story. It really makes you want to know more about what happens to them in the aftermath of the attack. This book would be a great choice for teachers to read in their classrooms in light of recent events.

A Story about Friendship and War

The story "Pearl Harbor is Burning!" is about a friendship between two boys during World War II. What makes this friendship so inciteful is the setting and backgrounds of the two young boys. The setting is Hawaii and one young boy is American while the other is Japanese. The young boy from America has just moved to the island from the United States and does not fit in with the other island children. Until he meets and befriends the young Japanese boy. These two boys discover what great things that they have in common despite their different cultures and the history that is occuring around them. As the war begins the American must stay with the Japanese family while his parents help the local people. During this time the young American boy sees how it is to be apart of their ancestry in this unique situation. This story would be an excellent resource for any classroom especially while studying World War II to offer a unique point of view on an everlasting friendship and life.

A fun filled, educational, well written, interesting book.

I t was a very fun book to read. I'm surprised that such a short book would be so interesting. I would highly reccomend this great book!!! P.S. I wrote a review already, but I changed my e-mail address since then.

A very interesting, learn a lot, good ending book.

I learned a lot about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Even when the Japanese burned Pearl Harbor, it was still a touching book. One of the last lines in the story was Frank, the American boy, asking Kenji, the Japanese boy, how to say friend in Japanese. Excellent story, I recommend this book to anyone