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Is this book appropriate for middle-school-age students?

booksofthedead YES! I just taught this to my 8th graders and it was a very important read for them. It really opens their eyes to what humanity is capable of, no mat…moreYES! I just taught this to my 8th graders and it was a very important read for them. It really opens their eyes to what humanity is capable of, no matter what your patriotic or political allegiance. (less)

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Are there any books written years later about the people that lived after the bomb was dropped?

Tony Hersey himself published "Hiroshima: The Aftermath. Survivors’ stories."
in the July 15, 1985 issue of The New Yorker Magazine (the same magazine that …moreHersey himself published "Hiroshima: The Aftermath. Survivors’ stories."
in the July 15, 1985 issue of The New Yorker Magazine (the same magazine that published his watershed "Hiroshima" in the Aug. 24, 1946 issue).

The magazine has kindly placed the entire text of this follow-up online (together with Hersey's original 1946 reporting):
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/19...

Also see:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/19...(less)

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I hope this doesn't come across as a "what about"ism or anything like that but, what's a good Pearl Harbor 'equivalent' of this book? (i.e. a well written book about the survivors of the Pearl Harbor bombing telling of their experiences during that bombing and their lives after)

Peter Wynn Comparing Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima is hardly fair. Pearl Harbor was a naval base and the only casualties were military; yes, Hiroshima had the naval …moreComparing Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima is hardly fair. Pearl Harbor was a naval base and the only casualties were military; yes, Hiroshima had the naval headquarters of Admiral Shunroku Hata, BUT, it destroyed not just a naval base but a city. In answer to your question, you will find, if you read stories, that survivors of the Pearl Harbor bombings were like any other. I remember hearing about a Pearl Harbor survivor who married a Japanese woman AFTER the war. Some forgave the Japanese and got on with their lives, some carried enmity forever. (less)

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Is the book for young adults?