Hiroshima
by John Hersey
I read this book because it is required reading at my new school for my 10th graders. It was an interesting, devastating, and sickening book...sort of like watching a train wreck. But, like a train wreck, you just can't look away and this book was a page turner. I read it quickly because I wanted to know what would happen to all of the characters in the end. I was also really surprised that this book was written and published in 1946, so soon after the bomb was dropped. It is a book that is VERY sympathetic to the Japanese people and while it is not so surprisingly American to be so compassionate, it is sort of interesting that there was a publisher and a market for this book so soon after the war. Either way it is a good thing for students to read and know about.
1 comment:
I'm glad I'm not a 10th grader. I don't think that I'd enjoy these books. Bet you will make them interesting to your students. Good luck with your new job.
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