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41) Palisades Park
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Sharing a family life in the 1930s near the legendary Palisades Amusement Park, a family of dreamers explores ambitions and cultural boundaries that are challenged by the realities of the Great Depression, multiple wars, and the park's eventual closing in 1971.
42) The USS Arizona: the ship, the men, the Pearl Harbor attack, and the symbol that aroused America
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
On the morning of December 7, 1941, a surprise attack by Japanese naval aviation against the American held island of Oahu and Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II. This story details one of the most monentous events in American history and a crucial turning point in the 20th century.
Author
Series
Pacific War series volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A top historian offers a compelling history of perhaps the most remarkable holiday season in 20th-century history--December 1941--a Christmas season that played out in the shadows of the Pearl Harbor attack and the start of America's involvement in World War II. Christmas 1941 came little more than two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The shock--in some cases overseas, elation--was worldwide. While Americans attempted to go about celebrating...
51) Pearl Harbor
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes events leading up to the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the attack itself on Dec. 7, 1941.
54) On the horizon
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white illustrations by SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Kenard Pak"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt watches uneasily as the world heads rapidly down a dangerous path. The Japanese have waged an aggressive campaign against China, and they now begin to expand their ambitions to other parts of Asia. As their expansion efforts grow bolder, their enemies know that Japan's ultimate goal is total conquest over the region, especially when the Japanese align themselves with Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While camping out on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, Hank and his best friend, James, hear loud explosions. Suddenly, Japanese planes fill the sky. Pearl Harbor is under attack! James wants to hide, but Hank wants to capture the battle on his trusty camera.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. What happened to the ill-fated ship? What happened...
60) Pearl Harbor
Author
Publisher
Silver Burdett Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Describes the events which led up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the attack itself, and U.S. reaction.
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