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Peace is a chain reaction : how World War II Japanese balloon bombs brought people of two nations together

2022

Format:	Book
Author:	Stone, Tanya Lee, author.
Title:	Peace is a chain reaction : how World War II Japanese balloon bombs brought people of two nations together / Tanya Lee Stone ; foreword by Ben Takeshita ; illustrations by Yumeno Furukawa ; archival images curated by Tanya Lee Stone.
Publisher, Date:	Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. ©2022
Description:	x, 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Summary:	"From an award-winning author comes a vivid depiction of an act of war from opposing sides of the conflict in World War II--and a rare reconciliation and wish for peace that evolved years later."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Takeshita, Yuzuru John -- Juvenile literature. Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Bombing, Aerial -- United States -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:	Personal narratives.
Other Author:	Takeshita, Ben, writer of foreword. Furukawa, Yumeno, illustrator.
Notes:	Maps on endpapers. "The endpapers illustrate all the known balloon bomb sighting, landing, or recovery locations in the United States and Mexico."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-157), filmography (page 157) and index.
LCCN:	2022901780
ISBN:	9780763676865 0763676861
Other Number:	1294919564
System Availability:	1
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Control Number:	986864
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Call Number:	j 940.542 Stone

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