UNDER THE BLOOD-RED SUN By Graham Salisbury
In this book " UNDER THE BLOOD-RED SUN," Graham Salisbury plays an eighth grader boy named Tomikazu, who gets in a lot of trouble. This time takes around September 1941. Tomikazu is Japanese American living in Hawai'i. Also called Tomi. His grandfather and parents are from Japan and moved to Hawai'i to escape from poverty.
While Tomi is still a kid he doesn't care what's going on, instead he is more focused on playing baseball with his team named the " Rats." Tomi's grandfather would always say be nice to the people around because you don't know what would happen to you.
One day Tomi found something and he thought it would be nice to show it to Keet. Keet is a tough boy who likes to beat up on people and is also Tomi's friend. Once he got to Keet's house he showed it to him. Keet then took it and left Tomi out on his porch. Tomi knocked on Keet's door to get it back, but Keet just shoved Tomi. Tomi didn't want to disgrace his family so he left, but in his mind it was his, so Tomi knocked on Keet's door again. Once Keet opened the door Tomi had a fist and punched Keet. After the fight Tomi came home with bruises. Tomi's grandpa and parents were asking him where he got the bruises. Tomi said that he had got in a fight with Keet. His parents and grandpa had all said that Tomi just disgraced his family. Tomi's family felt shame falling upon them.
During the end of the book Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. U.S. declares war on Japan. Tomi's parents, sister, and grandpa were taken away by the police.Tomi is the only one who could save his family. Tomi rushes to his team the "Rats" to ask them if they can help save his parents.
By: Joshua F.
While Tomi is still a kid he doesn't care what's going on, instead he is more focused on playing baseball with his team named the " Rats." Tomi's grandfather would always say be nice to the people around because you don't know what would happen to you.
One day Tomi found something and he thought it would be nice to show it to Keet. Keet is a tough boy who likes to beat up on people and is also Tomi's friend. Once he got to Keet's house he showed it to him. Keet then took it and left Tomi out on his porch. Tomi knocked on Keet's door to get it back, but Keet just shoved Tomi. Tomi didn't want to disgrace his family so he left, but in his mind it was his, so Tomi knocked on Keet's door again. Once Keet opened the door Tomi had a fist and punched Keet. After the fight Tomi came home with bruises. Tomi's grandpa and parents were asking him where he got the bruises. Tomi said that he had got in a fight with Keet. His parents and grandpa had all said that Tomi just disgraced his family. Tomi's family felt shame falling upon them.
During the end of the book Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. U.S. declares war on Japan. Tomi's parents, sister, and grandpa were taken away by the police.Tomi is the only one who could save his family. Tomi rushes to his team the "Rats" to ask them if they can help save his parents.
By: Joshua F.
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