The Gods of Heavenly Punishment

by Jennifer Cody Epstein

Book Overview

In this evocative and thrilling epic novel, fifteen-year-old Yoshi Kobayashi, child of Japan's New Empire, daughter of an ardent expansionist and a mother with a haunting past, is on her way home on a March night when American bombers shower her city with napalm--an attack that leaves one hundred thousand dead within hours and half the city in ashen ruins. In the days that follow, Yoshi's old life will blur beyond recognition, leading her to a new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039307157X
• ISBN13: 9780393071573
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"