I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 Quotes

“But, Danny decided, being scared was better than being numb.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

“Attack on Pearl Harbor: The True Story of the Day America Entered World War II, by Shelley Tanaka, illustrated by David Craig (Madison Press Books)”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

“The naval base was just five minutes from their house. There had to be a hundred warships crowded into the harbor with their guns ready to blast away. The best were the eight battleships. They were huge — like skyscrapers turned on their sides. Ma said the battleship guns were so powerful that one blast could blow an entire house to smithereens.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

“CHAPTER 12”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

“CHAPTER 3”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

“Eleven-year-old Danny Crane had moved to Hawaii just weeks before. Ma had brought Danny to Hawaii to get him out of trouble, away from the crime and the rats and the dirty, dangerous streets of New York City.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

“But at that moment, Danny decided not to think about it — or anything else”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

“America was under attack! Hundreds of bomber planes were swarming over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941