Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story - Hardcover
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This remarkable true story, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, is an important and moving account of reconciliation after war.
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story - Hardcover
$17.99
by Marc Tyler Nobleman (Author), Melissa Iwai (Illustrator)
An Orbis Pictus Honor Book for Outstanding Nonfiction 2019 In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII--the only enemy ever to do so--and comes back 20 years later to apologize.
The devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, drew the United States into World War II in 1941. But few are aware that several months later, the Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita dropped bombs in the woods outside a small town in coastal Oregon. This is the story of those bombings, and what came after, when Fujita returned to Oregon twenty years later, this time to apologize.This remarkable true story, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, is an important and moving account of reconciliation after war.
Author Biography
Marc Tyler Nobleman has written many nonfiction books, including Bill the Boy Wonder and Fairy Spell. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. www.noblemania.com
Melissa Iwai is the illustrator of several award-winning books. While doing research, she traveled to Brookings, Oregon, where the events in this book took place. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. www.melissaiwai.com
Number of Pages: 40
Dimensions: 0.4 x 10 x 11.3 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 09, 2018
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 0.5
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