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Picture Book · Ages 13–+ · 1981
Hiroshima No Pika
Written & illustrated by Toshi Maruki
A family's breakfast is shattered by a devastating flash in Hiroshima.
4.2/5 Goodreads · 483 ratings
48 pages
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Bookroo's summary
In Hiroshima, a young girl and her family sit down for breakfast, unaware that their world is about to change forever. At 8:15 a.m., a blinding flash disrupts their lives, leaving them to face unimaginable devastation. As they navigate the aftermath, the story raises haunting questions about survival, resilience, and the hope that such a tragedy will never repeat. What will become of them in the wake of the flash?
From the publisher
A little girl and her parents are eating breakfast, and then it happened. “Hiroshima no Pika.”
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 48
- Reading age
- 13–99+
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD810L
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Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~5.2
- F&P level
- ~S
Publication
- Published
- August 1, 1982
- First published
- January 1, 1981
- Publisher
- Lothrop Lee Shepard
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
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