Book description
August 6, 1945, 8:15 a.m.
Hiroshima. Japan
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.
Why read it?
1 author picked Hiroshima No Pika as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Hiroshima No Pika is an Illustrated book that immerses YA readers into the daily life of the Japanese before the atomic bomb was unleashed on them.
The aftermath is shown in raw and haunting illustrations. My father-in-law, an American hiding his identity in Hiroshima, was sixteen years old and working in a factory making rifles for his emperor when the bomb fell. Hiroshima No Pika tells the horrors of what he experienced that day.
My favorite part is the ending. “It can’t happen again,” she says, “if no one drops the bomb.” Sadly, we are now closer to midnight (90…
From Constance's list on beyond Oppenheimer: the truth, reality, and horror.
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