A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor | 
 enlarge | Author: Harry Mazer
Publisher: Aladdin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 61529
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0689841604
EAN: 9780689841606
ASIN: 0689841604
Publication Date: November 1, 2002
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Product Description
December 7, 1941:A morning like any other, but the events of this day would leave no one untouched.For Adam, living near Honolulu, this Sunday morning is one he has been looking forward to -- fishing with friends, away from the ever-watchful eyes of his father, a navy lieutenant. Then, right before his eyes, Adam watches Japanese planes fly overhead and attack the U.S. Navy. All he can think is that it's just like in the movies. But as he sees his father's ship, the Arizona, sink beneath the water, he realizes this isn't make-believe. It's real. Over the next few days, Adam searches for answers -- about his friends, the war, and especially, his father. But Adam soon learns sometimes there are no answers.
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 Interesting August 6, 2007
The book was pretty good as I recall (it was a while back when I read the book). If I remember right, the book seemed liked it ended TOO abruptly (Mazer left 'ya hanging). But after searching on Amazon I see why: There's a Sequel. It was A good book overall.
P.s. If I recall corectly, There was some mild profanity in it.
A Boy at War May 15, 2007
A Boy at War was an awesome book because it was full of suspense. The book is about a boy named Adam who moves a lot and is new to Pearl Harbor. One day he goes fishing with his friends and Japanese planes start to bomb Pearl Harbor. As he is running away he sees his father's ship, The Arizona, sink into the water. I think Harry Mazer is a great author and this was a fantastic book. I would recommend this book to all readers from 10-12 who like war stories.
 A Review of A Boy at War by Steven April 27, 2007
This is a great and stunning book! It is about a high school age boy named Adam. Adam's dad is in the Navy in Hawaii. In the beginning of the book Adam doesn't have any friends because his family has to move a lot. Then he becomes friends with two boys, Davi and Martin.
One day when Adam is fishing with Davi and Martin the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and bomb American battleships. After that the Americans think of the Japanese as their enemy. Adam helps the wounded soldiers. He searchs for his father, a lieutenant in the Navy, because he saw the Arizona, his father's battleship, explode.
In this book Adam has to grow up very quickly. During this one horrible day he has to do a lot of adult things including driving a jeep to help find his father. Does Adam's dad survive? Is Adam going to be okay after being injured? Will Adam and his sister Bea ever see their dad again?
a boy at war January 31, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like historical fiction you will like this book. It's about a boy that goes to live to Hawaii in about the 1900s. His name is Adam. In school he finds two friends. Later in the book his friends take him on a fishing trip to Pearl Harbor. Then the Japanese made a surprise attack on the navel base of Pearl Harbor. Then they tried to get to a hospital because a guy hit one of Adam's friend in the face with a gun and he started bleeding a lot. But they crashed. Something happened to Adam's dad during the attack. Read and see what happens next.
There are many good characters in this book. First there is Adam. He is smart and overprotected. Davi is another character. He is also smart but not that caring. Harry Mazer described the characters he used a lot of details. I could really visualize what they were like. I felt so amazed and exited when I read this book. I would recommend this book to readers who like a lot of action.
 This book was horrible November 2, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought that this book was a waste of money and trees, because Mazer has no creativeness to him. He was trying too hard to make it like a movie, but the real newsflash is that it was just plain bad.
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