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Hiroshima No Pika

by Toshi Maruki · 1981 · 48 pages

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August 6, 1945, 8:15 a.m.

Hiroshima. Japan

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A little girl and her parents

are eating breakfast,

and then it happened.

HIROSHIMA NO PIKA.

This book is dedicated to

the fervent hope the Flash

will never happen again,

anywhere.

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Genre
historical fictionworld war IIwar and military
Themes
diversityartdeath
Setting
1940s20th centuryworld war IIjapanasia
Subject
historysocial science
Audience
picture bookschildrensyoung adult
Length
short · 48 pages

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