A Boy at War:

A Novel of Pearl Harbor

About This Book

While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, Adam gets caught in the middle of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As he and his friends struggle to survive, Adam worries about his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U.S.S. Arizona when the bombs fell. In the following days, Adam tries to make sense of what is happening — and to find news of his father.

The first book in an acclaimed trilogy, this best-selling adventure helps young readers see World War II through the eyes of an ordinary American teenager.