* “A jaw-dropping account of Pearl Harbor … artfully conceived and grippingly told.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“An inclusive, expansive take on a pivotal historical moment. [Favreau] accessibly and engagingly shows readers that with Pearl Harbor, the real story is ‘more complicated—and much more interesting, tragic, and heroic—than the simplified version.’”—Kirkus
"Well researched and particularly attentive to offering one person’s viewpoint at a time, giving a sense of immediacy to their individual experiences and intensity to their memories and observations. A very readable book on a topic of perennial interest." —Booklist
Praise for Unequal:A YALSA-ALA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adult Award Finalist A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of 2022
* "Empowering, profound, and necessary, purchase for all collections serving young adults." —School Library Journal, starred review
—SLJ starred review
Praise for Spies:A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2019
"Marc Favreau's Spies is narrative nonfiction at its finest: insightful, impeccably researched, and, most of all, impossible to put down."
—Deborah Hopkinson, Sibert Honor author of Titanic: Voices from the Disaster
* "Favreau weaves vivid, succinct accounts of the volatile U.S.-Soviet relationship into his tension-inducing spy stories... Black-and-white photos and excellent supplemental material...enhance the reader's understanding of this riveting, timely topic." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
—PW starred review
Praise for Crash:A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018 A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018 A 2018 Booklist Editors' Choice title A 2019 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People An ALA Notable Children's Book of 2019 A Bank Street College Best Children's Book "Crash does a great job of mixing personal stories with big-picture history, delivering a compelling narrative about the Great Depression—and about how Americans' reaction to it changed our country forever."
—Steve Sheinkin, National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honor author of Bomb and Most Dangerous
2023-09-09
A fresh account of Pearl Harbor through the eyes of those who experienced it.
The “ ‘official’ story of Pearl Harbor cast a long shadow,” writes Favreau, erasing many other ways the events could have been remembered. Here, he includes American, Native Hawaiian, and Japanese experiences, rounding out readers’ understanding. For example, there are the stories of Black mess attendant Doris Miller, who received a Navy Cross for heroism, only to drown in 1943, when a Japanese torpedo sank his ship; nervous Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa, 28; and the Japanese American Watanabe family of Honolulu, who lost their father when he was shot by U.S. fighter planes while working on his fishing boat. The book also includes Japanese perspectives, from Emperor Hirohito to Kazuo Sakamaki, who left Japan for Hawaii on his 18th birthday, knowing, as he put it, that he “was saying good-bye to all things to which a normal person clings.” The multitude of voices straddling national, political, and hierarchical boundaries reveals the tremendous cost to all. Favreau reminds readers that this was a crisis on American soil that, like others, has led to racist responses. His measured tone successfully conveys that in times of tragedy, we must avoid scapegoating. He accessibly and engagingly shows readers that with Pearl Harbor, the real story is “more complicated—and much more interesting, tragic, and heroic—than the simplified version.”
An inclusive, expansive take on a pivotal historical moment. (key figures, timeline, source notes, further reading, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14)
