A BOY AT WAR
Harry Mazer, . . S&S/Aladdin, $4.99 (112pp) ISBN 978-0-689-84160-6
A 14-year-old boy, newly arrived in 1941 Hawaii, witnesses the attack on Pearl Harbor. In a starred review,
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Reviewed on: 10/28/2002
Genre: Children's
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