01739cam a2200397 i 4500 836186882 TxAuBib 20230607120000.0 180716s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018033247 9781338245691 $17.99 1338245694 $17.99 (OCoLC)1018097945 TxAuBib rda Gratz, Alan, 1972-, author. Grenade / Alan Gratz. First edition. New York : Scholastic Press, 2018. ©2018. 270 pages : illustration, map ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever. 20230607. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Japan Okinawa Island Juvenile fiction. Ryukyuans Juvenile fiction. Japanese Juvenile fiction. Marines Juvenile fiction. Survival Juvenile fiction. War stories. Okinawa-shi (Japan) History 20th century Juvenile fiction.