Remember World War II: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories

Nicholson, Dorinda Makanaonalani

ISBN 10: 0792271912 ISBN 13: 9780792271918

Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books, 2005

Synopsis

Remember World War II: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories allows readers to understand the war not as seen through the eyes of soldiers but through the eyes of children who survived the bombings, the blackouts, the hunger, the fear, and the loss of loved ones caused by the war. The author shares her own recollections of being able to see the faces of Japanese pilots as they headed for the naval base at Pearl Harbor to drop their deadly bombs on unsuspecting American ships and soldiers, then shares her feelings at having to leave her father behind as the rest of the family is evacuated to the U.S. mainland.

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About the Author

Dorinda Makanaõnalani Nicholson was born in Hawaii to a Hawaiian mother and a Caucasian father. At the age of six she was an eyewitness to the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Her first book, Pearl Harbor Child, chronicles that historic event. Nicholson believes it is her mission to bring World War II history to life for children. She is married to Larry Nicholson, an award winning photographer, video producer, and graphic artist. The two combined their talents to create Pearl Harbor Warriors, which won the International Reading Association Intermediate Nonfiction Award, the Benjamin Franklin Multi-Cultural Award, and was selected for the 2003-2004 Mark Twain Master List. The Nicholson’s have four sons and six grandchildren. They live in Raytown, Missouri, with a very spoiled dog named Corduroy.

From Booklist

Gr. 5-8. Using the same handsome format as Drez's Remember D-Day: Both Sides Tell Their Stories (2004) and Allen's Remember Pearl Harbor: Japanese and American Survivors Tell Their Stories (2001), this book offer views of the Second World War through the eyes of those who experienced it as children. Madeleine Albright contributes an introductory memoir of her early years growing up in Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and England, unaware of her Jewish heritage. Her memories are the first of many, for Nicholson interviewed a series of people about their recollections of the war. Divided into three sections, the discussion begins with the war in Europe, moves to the Pacific, and ends on the American home front. Providing enough background information to give a framework for the progression of the war as a whole and the particular conditions and events surrounding the interviewees' memories, Nicholson lets the first-person accounts bring the experiences to life. Photographs of these individuals as children, other period photos, excellent maps, and pictures of artifacts illustrate the text. The book ends with an epilogue, a time line of the war, a short bibliography, and brief summaries of what happened to the children who survived to tell their stories. Carolyn Phelan
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Edition details

• Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0792271912
• ISBN 13: 9780792271918
• Binding: Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 64