The Long March Home
by Marcus Brotherton; Tosca Lee
Age band: 15+
Looky Rating System: Violence 5/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 3/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 1/5, Fear / Horror 4/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 2/5.
Description
"A tour de force."-- Publishers Weekly starred review "A great read."-- Library Journal starred review "A must-read literary triumph."-- Booklist starred review Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. Life in the Philippines seems like paradise--until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor.