01598cam a2200301 4500 363684815 TxAuBib 20181128120000.0 180716s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018033247 9781338245691 17.99 1338245694 17.99 TxAuBib Gratz, Alan, 1972- Grenade [BOOK] / Alan Gratz. New York : Scholastic Press, 2018. 270 pages : illustration ; 22 cm. 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 tokill 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. 20181128. Japanese Juvenile fiction. Marines Juvenile fiction. Ryukyuans Juvenile fiction. Survival Juvenile fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Japan Okinawa Island Juvenile fiction. Okinawa-shi (Japan) History 20th century Juvenile fiction. War fiction for children.