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Recent acquisition for our personal library.

This is a fascinating true story of an American woman who finds out that her grandparents were spying for Germany and Japan and their work contributed to enabling the Pearl Harbor attack. She skillfully documents what her research discovered as we relive the months and days before the event. The research also reveals that that some incompetence on the part of the USA prevented the discovery of the plans. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. 4.25/5

It‘s Friday night and I‘m feeling alright…

My favorite day of the week. ❤️❤️

I have listened to 3 Garrett Graff full-cast audiobooks and I love all 3. This one is about all about the atomic bomb: perspectives from scientific minds through history theorizing the making of this weapon, and the great minds who came together to crest it, to the military officers and world leaders who helped carry out the mission of using it, and those impacted by the explosion in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Another expertly researched deep dive.

It was short but great. I had never heard of this unit. #audible

This is an interesting piece of WWII history, but I was disappointed in the book itself. It seemed to skip over some key aspects of the initial Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands. The stories of the different people didn‘t make the impact I expected and felt somewhat disjointed. It may be even harder for young readers without any prior knowledge to follow the course of events.

#Nonfiction #MiddleGrade #YA #WWII #Alaska #MsDsLibrary

This excellent book is the story of the atomic bomb told by the people involved in making it and those it impacted. I particularly appreciate the extensive section of voices from Japan of those who were in Hiroshima and Nagasaki when the bombs were dropped there. Hard to listen to, but vitally important.

This summer I had the opportunity to visit the Alaska Aviation Museum in Anchorage, and it includes an exhibit about the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands during WWII. As I walked through it I realized I‘ve had this book in my class library shelf for a few years and never read it myself. I started it today during our seminar reading time.

#Alaska #YA #Nonfiction #WWII #MsDsLibrary

Litsy! It has been a while!
Whilst life has been selfishly stealing the limelight, with house moves and engagements, my reading sat on the back burner. I needed to wrestle it back and would have usually done so with some non-fiction - my usual escape.
But I picked up this masterpiece instead. A documented history of the founding of the SAS and it blew me away. The courage and audacity these young men displayed in the face of evil is inspiring