Prisoner of War
New York : Scholastic Press, 2017.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 263 pages ; 22 cm
Fifteen-year-old Henry Forrest lies about his age and enlists in the Marines to escape from his abusive father, but when he is immediately sent to the Philippines he finds himself in the middle of the Japanese invasion--and as he grows up he will have to endure the Bataan Death March, overcrowded prisons, and the Japanese factory in Tokyo where he is eventually sent as slave labor.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Teen fiction.
Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942 -- Teen fiction.
Forced labor -- Japan -- Teen fiction.
Survival -- Teen fiction.
Forced labor -- Teen fiction.
Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Teen fiction.
Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1944-1945 -- Teen fiction.
Japan -- History -- 1926-1945 -- Teen fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Teen fiction.
Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942 -- Teen fiction.
Forced labor -- Japan -- Teen fiction.
Survival -- Teen fiction.
Forced labor -- Teen fiction.
Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Teen fiction.
Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1944-1945 -- Teen fiction.
Japan -- History -- 1926-1945 -- Teen fiction.
Target Audience: HL670L
ISBN:
9780545857833
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TF Spradlin | Sandhills Indoors | Teen Fiction | Out (Due: 5/6/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260).