Grenade by Alan Gratz

   KA-BOOM and Hideki’s school has been bombed. Now he has to escape, and fast! Hideki is drafted to go fight against american soldiers. Ray arrives on the island and will need to survive., he is an american soldier. Hideki and Ray are fighting against each other on opposite sides, But when they see each other everything will change. Hideki has been handed two grenades. He has to use the first one to kill an American soldier and one to kill himself, if he survives this war. Ray doesn’t know what to expect, this is his first time heading into war. He is so young. Will he make it out alive? Read the book to find out if they survived. You will love this book if you love action, war, and fighting.

CRACK, BOOM, CRASH. They have to leave, will they make it?  Isabel, Josef, mahud are the main characters.  Different things are happening to them. The setting of the story takes place all at different times. The settings are Cuba, Germany, also a ship that will hopefully take them to safety or is it a trick. They are all making tough decisions to leave the places they grew up in and running from the bad stuff . The struggle is escaping, not having enough money, not enough  fuel to run away, also just by stepping in the water, leaving family behind. I believe you will love this book if you love reading about the Holocust, action, running away, and the Nazis. What is going to happen, will each family make it to safety? How will they do it, and what challenges will they have to overcome?. Read the book to find out.