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Summary: The memories of a young girl of what happned to Hiroshima
Review: Junko Morimoto was born in Hiroshima City, Japan, and witnessed the destruction caused by the explosion of the first atomic bomb. Morimoto tells what she remembers of her childhood in Hiroshima, growing up in a country at war, and witnessing the devastation of the bomb. However, the most important part of her story is how she found solace in the miraculous survival of her family. This story is told from the simple perspective of a child and the art work is striking for the way it changes after the bomb explodes as Morimoto makes it painfully clear she found herself in a horribly different world. At the end there is a memorable contrast between a drawing of young Junko looking through the rubble of her school and a photograph of the author/artist at the same spot. In the back of the book there are facts about Hiroshima's and Morimoto writes a letter to parents and teachers explaining her purpose in writing "My Hiroshima," which is "to teach our children the importance of not repeating these mistakes and to give them the heart to care for and value all life on earth." When you think of how long we took for granted that there would be a World War III, fought with atomic weapons, it is rather remarkable that it has been over half-a-century since one nation dropped an atomic weapon on another.
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Summary: The memories of a young girl of what happned to Hiroshima
Review: Junko Morimoto was born in Hiroshima City, Japan, and witnessed the destruction caused by the explosion of the first atomic bomb. Morimoto tells what she remembers of her childhood in Hiroshima, growing up in a country at war, and witnessing the devastation of the bomb. However, the most important part of her story is how she found solace in the miraculous survival of her family. This story is told from the simple perspective of a child and the art work is striking for the way it changes after the bomb explodes as Morimoto makes it painfully clear she found herself in a horribly different world. At the end there is a memorable contrast between a drawing of young Junko looking through the rubble of her school and a photograph of the author/artist at the same spot. In the back of the book there are facts about Hiroshima's and Morimoto writes a letter to parents and teachers explaining her purpose in writing "My Hiroshima," which is "to teach our children the importance of not repeating these mistakes and to give them the heart to care for and value all life on earth." When you think of how long we took for granted that there would be a World War III, fought with atomic weapons, it is rather remarkable that it has been over half-a-century since one nation dropped an atomic weapon on another.
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Summary: The buried angle of the story : US Terrorism
Review: This is one of the most great books for children that shows the tragedy of U.S. Atomic bomb. The book shows its huminitarian effects on hundreds of thousands of Japanese. ...It is great for children.
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Summary: The buried angle of the story : US Terrorism
Review: This is one of the most great books for children that shows the tragedy of U.S. Atomic bomb. The book shows its huminitarian effects on hundreds of thousands of Japanese. ... It is great for children.
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