Grenade
Grenade
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Grenade

Written by Alan Gratz
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9 - 12
Reading age
288
Page count
760L
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Oct 9, 2018
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Here it is! The hugely anticipated follow-up to Gratz’s NYT bestselling, critically acclaimed phenomenon REFUGEE. This is another searing and heart-pounding look at kids making their way through war.A New York Times bestseller!It’s 1945, and the world is in the grip of war.Hideki lives on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When WWII crashes onto his shores, Hideki is drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don’t come back until you’ve killed an American soldier.Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa. He doesn’t know what to expect – or if he’ll make it out alive. He just knows that the enemy is everywhere.Hideki and Ray each fight their way across the island, surviving heart-pounding ambushes and dangerous traps. But when the two of them collide in the middle of the battle, the choices they make in that instant will change everything.From the acclaimed author of Refugee comes this high-octane story of how fear can tear us apart, and how hope can tie us back together.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781338245691
    Publication Date
    October 9, 2018
    Publisher
    Scholastic Press
    Page Count
    288
    Reading Age
    9 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2018033247
    Lexile® Level
    760L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~R
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.2
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    7
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    197618
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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