Peace Is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together

By STONE, Tanya Lee

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9780763676865
Publisher
Candlewick


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Starred Review on November 4, 2022  |  Nonfiction Middle To High School

Gr 4–6—When Japan struck Pearl Harbor in 1941, it sparked a devastating war in the Pacific. The United States reacted by forcing all Japanese Americans into internment camps. In this narrative nonfiction book, three stories about the events surrounding the war in the Pacific are expertly woven together. When the United States dropped bombs over Japan, the Japanese retaliated by creating giant balloon bombs, 33 feet in diameter. These balloons carried three bombs each all the way across the Pacific to the United States (over 9,000 were lau...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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