{"id":7824,"date":"1997-03-03T17:31:10","date_gmt":"1997-03-03T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7824"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:33:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:33:48","slug":"hiroshima-by-laurence-yep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/hiroshima-by-laurence-yep\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiroshima by Laurence Yep [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Hiroshima.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32980\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Hiroshima.png\" alt=\"Hiroshima\" width=\"321\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a>Two sisters, Riko and Sachi, are on their way to school when the U.S. B-29 bomber named <em>Enola Gay<\/em> drops the first atom bomb at 8:15 a.m. on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. History is changed forever. Yep brings to life the terror and shock of the initial blast, its horrific aftermath for the survivors, while providing a vivid historical context to the atom bomb catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>An effective combination of informative narrative and human tragedy that provides a disturbing, necessary overview of this unprecedented event. Although written for younger audiences, this thin novella is so dense with history that it makes for important reading for adults, as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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