Review of Grenade audiobook

by Julie Hakim Azzam
Dec 05, 2019 | Filed in Book Reviews

Grenade
by Alan Gratz; read by Todd Haberkorn and Andrew Eiden
Middle School, High School    Scholastic Audio    Rev. 11/18
5 CDs    5.42 hrs.    978-1-338-31100-6    $29.99

Set on the island of Okinawa during the American invasion, this WWII story begins by alternating viewpoints (voiced by two different actors) between Hideki, an Okinawan boy soldier, and Ray, an American soldier. After Ray’s death, the narration focuses on Hideki’s search for his missing sister. Accomplished narration captures the sounds of battle, emotional scenes of loss, and subtle moments of realization about the ugly truth of war. Author Gratz narrates a concluding historical note.

From the November/December 2019 Horn Book Magazine.

Julie Hakim Azzam

Calling Caldecott co-author Julie Hakim Azzam is a communications project manager in Carnegie Mellon University's Finance Division. She holds a PhD in literary and cultural studies, with a specialization in comparative contemporary postcolonial literature from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Southeast Asia. Her most recent work focuses on children's literature, stories about immigrants and refugees, and youth coping with disability.

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