A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

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Summary: This is a great book
Review: A Boy at War is a great book. Its about a kid who get stuck in the Pearl Harbor attack with two of his friends. Early in the attack both friends get wounded. Soldiers mistake him for a soldier and give him a gun. He fights. He gets a ride home and gaurds his family. He finds out that his dad is mising in action. This is a great book.

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Summary: A Boy at War
Review: A Boy at War is a verey good book for kid's that like World War 2 novle's. Because it's about this kid Adam who lives in the base Fort Not because his dad is in the miliatary. Well Adam has to move a lot because his dad has to sation every for example his dad had to sation in Hawi. On one rainy morning Adam woke up early as possible as he could tosee his dad.

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Summary: A Boy At War
Review: A Boy At War was an adventurous book about Pearl Harbor. Two of them were Japanese and both get hurt. The other boy, Dan becomes a soldier in the war. Dan's dad is in the Navy and is left behind. Dan goes back to his family and doesn't know when the war is going to be over. The book has good facts about Pearl Harbor and sucks you into the story.

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Summary: A Boy At War
Review: A Boy At War, By Harry Mazar

It was a very interesting book. It kept me glued to it and I didn't get bored. The only bad thing about it is at the beginning it took me along time to get into it. It's really slow at first, but then it picks up. People that are intereasted in World War II would like this book.

The book is about a boy whose dad is in the military and he gets transferred to Pearl Harbor, a naval base in Hawaii. He met two boys named Martin and Davi. One morning they go fishing at Pearl Harbor, and while they are out in the water the Japanees started bombing. You need to read this book to find out if they make it out alive.

By. Travis Stoecker

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Summary: Losing it all at Once
Review: A Boy at War
By: Mazer, Harry
Reviewed by: J.Kim
Period: P.3

A Boy at War was about a boy named Adam that just moved to Hawaii. He had a younger sister, a mother, and a father that was in the navy. He had just begun to go to school and met a boy named Davi. They didn't have the ordinary friendship that any other teen had but they became friends by insulting each other any time they could. Soon after, they became friends. His father soon found out and he didn't really like it. It was because Adam found a friend; it was because Adam found a friend that was Japanese. One morning, they decided to go fishing, and that's what they did. Adam didn't have to worry about his father because he was called for an emergency. Martin, Davi, and Adam were all having fun until they started to hear gunshots, planes flying, and explosions. At first, they thought it was just a drill but when the air and water blackened, they fell out of the boat, Martin had a splinter the size of a pencil stuck in his chest, and a bullet skidded across Adams back, they realized it was war. Soon, Adam saw his father's ship, the Arizona had sunk. He didn't know what to do. The next thing you know, He is wearing a marine's suit holding a huge machine gun. He just did the best he could even as a young boy. The chaos still went on and on and when it started to calm down, Adam found his way back home. The tragedy must have ended. All Adam and his family could do was to wait to hear from their father. One day, they received a message from a young union boy and it read that Lieutenant Pelko was missing in action. As soon as they heard the news, Adam's mother decided to move, and without a choice they did.
I liked this book because it gave a lot of detail on what was going on. It also talked about never giving up and never losing hope. " Mom, we don't know anything for sure. There were a lot of survivors. Dad could have been on another ship- he could be alright," said Adam. Throughout the ending of the story, whenever the thought of his father was brought up, he would say to himself that he would keep waiting until he got a message from the navy. I like the way that he kept on waiting and not giving up. It must have took him a lot of patience.
Another reason why I liked this book was because even though Adam's father didn't give him all the love he could have given him, Adam still loved him very much. When Adam found out that they were moving, he said, " Dad's here, we're leaving him. We're abandoning him!" Adam was very sad about moving away from where his father was even though he was dead. He still cared for his father as much as he did when he wasn't alive.
My favorite part of this story was when they were on the ship leaving Hawaii. Most everyone on that ship had leis that Adam had bought for them. Adam still was thinking about his father and it really hurt him but he knew his father died as a hero. When you dropped leis into the sea that meant you were going to come back. Adam dropped his into the water and said, " Goodbye, dad."

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Summary: What a Day
Review: Adam Pelko a military brat attending civilian high school in Hawaii. Adam finds it difficult to make friends moving so frequently. He meets Davi Mori and Martin Kahahawai and they become friends. They plan to go fishing the next day. The boys row out into Pearl Harbor and cast their lines. This simple trip turns out to be the most tragic day of Adams life as he watches the planes fly overhead and explosion of the USS Arizona. The ship his father is on.

The rest of the book progresses as if he is in a dream...he is pushed from child to sailor in minutes and helping search the waters for live men. He can't believe what he is seeing. Adam lives the horror and tragedy. Adam left the house that morning on his bike and came home carrying a gun.

Harry Mazer is powerful. A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor is a page-turner.

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Summary: A pretty gripping adventure for younger readers
Review: Adam Pelko is a typical Navy "junior," moving from place to place following his father's ship. He arrives in Hawaii in late 1941, less than a month before the Pearl Harbor attack, and has barely settled in and made friends before the Japanese attack erupts on December 7.

Author Harry Mazer has done a good job, not just with the general action of the story, but also in creating a realistic portrayal of a Navy home, with a father intent on maintaining a "ship-shape" family and running his home like an extension of his ship. This creates more than a little tension in Adam's life, and Mazer describes this well too. Some of the action sequences surrounding the attack seemed a little contrived to me -- could all of that really have happened to one kid? -- but they definitely strike me as a potentially exciting read for this book's target audience. The ambiguity with which the book ends surprised me, but it would certainly make a good jumping-off point for discussions with parents or teachers.

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Summary: A Boy At War
Review: Do you enjoy reading books with a ton of drama and lots of action? Well, the book, A Boy at War is the book for you.
This book is about a boy named Adam and his family. Throughout Adam's whole life, his mom and dad have moved from place to place in the Navy. Adam's father is a captain of the Navy ship, the Arizona. Adam's family is stationed at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands. They will soon be involved in one of the biggest disasters of World War II.
The author, Henry Mazer, does a great job setting the scenes for you and making you feel that you are right by Adam's side during the whole story. He does this using a very good word chose and it fits the reader very well.
If you enjoy novels about war stories that are realistic and fast moving, you will like this book. It is a perfect read for a young teenager.

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Summary: You've got to read this book!
Review: From the first page to the last you will feel as if you are there at Pearl Harbor with Adam on the, "Date which will live in infamy!" December 7, 1941. Harry Mazer has crafted a story that can be read and enjoyed both by young adults and adults. The main character not only watches as the United States is pulled into WWII but he himself, a military brat, a Navy man's son, is pulled in many directions throughout this novel. Allow yourself a block of time to read this page turner! I read it in less than two hours. I was almost late for school because I couldn't put it down. Rating the book on a scale of 1 to 10 my sixth grade students and I rate it a 10! It's one of the best books we have ever read. In my book I think it's a future Newbery Award winner!

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Summary: The Boy of War
Review: Hello and thank you for reading my book review. The book is called "A Boy At War". This book is about a boy who witnesses the attacks on Pearl Harbor. This book was written by Harry Mazer. The boys dad worked on the S.S Arizona.
I would recommend this book to people war stories and history. I liked this book because it had all sorts of information on Pearl Harbor I never knew about.
I hated this book because it had a lot of stuff about the kid and not Pearl Harbor. I would rate this book a ten out of ten because it was so awesome. Before I tell you the whole story ill let you read it and I bet you'll like it.