Under the Blood Red Sun

ISBN-10

0-440-41139-4

ISBN-13

978-0-440-41139-0

Author

Salisbury, Graham

Publisher

Yearling

Copyright

1994

Lexile

640L

Genre

Fiction

Synopsis

This novel depicts 1941 Hawaii through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old Japanese American boy, Tomi Nakaji, as he struggles with the racism, violence, and hardship that arise when his father and grandfather are wrongfully arrested after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Themes

War and Conflict, Resilience

Protagonist

Asian-American

Note

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