{"product_id":"heroes-9781880000502","title":"Heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeacher's Choices, International Literacy Association (ILA)\u003cbr\u003e Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, National Council for the Social Studies \/ Children's Book Council\u003cbr\u003e Notable Children's Book, Smithsonian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Japanese American boy learns about heroism from his father and uncle who served in the U.S. Army.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonnie is tired of playing the bad guy every time he and his friends get together to play war. According to the other kids, Donnie should play the enemy-after all, as a Japanese American he looks like \"them.\" Instead, Donnie wishes they could just play his favorite game, football.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen he argues that his family served in the U.S. Army, Donnie's friends laugh and dare him to prove it. But when he asks his father and Uncle Yosh for proof, they tell him that kids should play something else besides war. \"Real heroes don't brag,\" Uncle Yosh says. \"They just do what they are supposed to do.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the 1960s, this intergenerational story explores how one family deals with the painful legacy of war and prejudice. In their powerful follow-up to the award-winning \u003ci\u003eBaseball Saved Us\u003c\/i\u003e, Ken Mochizuki and Dom Lee once again present young readers with American heroes they won't usually find in history books, but who they can always hold in their hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee \u0026amp; Low Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781880000502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 10.02w x 0.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e14982 \/ Heroes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ken Mochizuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049705013429,"sku":"9781880000502","price":10.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_90e4fc87-5e14-43fd-9522-5effc253cea7.jpg?v=1689693054","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/heroes-9781880000502","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}