6 December 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley live in paradise. Their dads are Navy officers stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaiiand the boys have a front-row view of the huge battleships and thesparkling water. But on 7 December 1941, everything explodes...
"Buckle up for Two Degrees, a Hollywood thriller
of a book." - The New York Times
A new book from Alan Gratz is a major publishing moment!
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee and Ground
Zero now takes a meaningful look at the attack on Pearl Harbor.
December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley pretty
much live in paradise.
Their dads are Navy officers stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii,
and the boys have a front-row view of the huge battleships and
the sparkling water.
But on December 7th, 1941, everything explodes.
Over the course of the day, as the boys fight to make their way
home, it's clear that everything has changed. Stanley's mother
is Japanese American and he is suddenly facing a terrible prejudice
that he's never known before - and Frank, who's white, cannot
begin to understand.
Can their friendship survive this watershed moment?
- From the bestselling author of Refugee, Allies,
Grenade , Ground Zero and Two Degrees
- Sheds a light on the increasingly urgent threat of climate change
in an engaging way
- Gratz writing is exciting and takes readers on a nonstop adventure
PRAISE FOR TWO DEGREES
"Gratz renders pulse-pounding ecological tales and high-stakes
calamity with the brisk pacing of a thriller". - Publishers
Weekly
"The scary message is delivered with wrenching, dramatic urgency."
- Kirkus Reviews
