Full of powerful imagery, this little book serves as a compelling memorial to the people of Hiroshima who died, and it also serves as a chilling reminder that we cannot afford to forget what happened on that hot day in August in 1945. It would take a great deal of courage and forgiveness to begin the process of healing in earnest. Hiroshima A Novella by Laurence Yep Audio Book Abby Kirkland 508 subscribers Subscribe 3.3K views 3 years ago I created this audio book for my students to listen to in class. Hiroshima was rebuilt but the lives of thousands of people would never be the same. Yep goes on to describe what happened after the war was finally over. Readers who did not previously understand how devastating the bomb was will come to fully appreciate the horror of the event as they read about Riko and Sachi. However, Yep also intertwines the story of two young sisters. Hiroshima John Hersey Study Guide Summary Summary & Analysis Chapter One: A Noiseless Flash Chapter Two: The Fire Chapter Three: Details Are Being Investigated Chapter Four: Panic Grass and Feverfew Chapter Five: The Aftermath Full Book Full Book Summary Key Facts Characters Character List Mrs. In this powerful and very moving novella, Laurence Yep takes a look at these times and he helps us to better understand what the atom bomb was, why the Americans decided to use it. Summary: This story is mostly about the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan and then the aftermath. In his story one of the sisters is outside when the bomb is dropped, and the appalling things she experienced in the aftermath of the bombing are painful to read about. It is hard too for us to comprehend what it might have been like to be living in Hiroshima on Augwhen the Enola Gay dropped an atom bomb on that city. I saw the atomic substance before it was placed. To create these characters Yep drew on the true stories of several Japanese girls who witnessed and survived the bombing. This atomic bomb is different from the bomb used three days ago with such devastating results on Hiroshima. From Newbery Honor award-winning author Laurence Yep comes a boldly written, fictionalized account of the bombing of Hiroshima, as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Sachi. In conjunction with the factual information he provides, Yep tells the story of two young sisters who are going about their daily activities in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped.
In this powerful and very moving novella, Laurence Yep takes a look at these times and he helps us to better understand what the atom bomb was, why the Americans decided to use it, and what happened in the city of Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped. It is hard too for us to comprehend what it might have been like to be living in Hiroshima on Augwhen the Enola Gay dropped an atom bomb on that city.
Hiroshima Laurence Yep Historical Fiction Ages 10 to 12 Scholastic, 1995, 3-0 It is hard for us to imagine today what it was like living in America and Japan during the last months of World War II.
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