Grenade by Benjamin Hatfield

setting #1

bh015 — 2025-02-27 15:33:38 UTC

this is where it starts out. the Blood And iron student corps is heading to an American war zone with 2 grenades one for the enemy and one for themselves. I chose this because it was the best i could find.

setting #2

bh015 — 2025-02-27 15:44:21 UTC

he is heading to a beach landing on Okinawan were the Japanese are waiting to shoot them. I chose this because after hours of searching I found this.

setting #3

bh015 — 2025-02-27 15:48:29 UTC

Hidikies middle school was shot by artillery while he was being given orders. I chose this because it reminds me of what I saw while reading.

setting #4

bh015 — 2025-02-27 19:27:39 UTC

hediki hides behind a tree while the rest of the boys die a horrible death. I chose this because I spent a day and a half trying to find a good photo/drawing.

setting #5

bh015 — 2025-03-03 14:52:27 UTC

the forest that is never safe and where hidiki killed ray/rei

quote #1

bh015 — 2025-03-03 15:01:49 UTC

"being brave doesn't mean not being scared."

pg 250 this is important because this is true in the real world no matter what.

quote #2

bh015 — 2025-03-03 15:04:09 UTC

" Look there aren't any soldiers here. there are brothers and fathers and sons surrounded by the people who love them back. I'm honoring the men they were before they came to Okinawa. before they became monsters." - hediki pg 249

this is important because hediki knows who they were before fear took them down to a scary place. he doesn't judge a book by its cover.

letter to the author

bh015 — 2025-03-03 15:17:50 UTC

Dear Alan Gratz

this book was amazing and I hope that you make more like it. I like how you turn a bad time in history into a life lesson and a book. I have bought all your books and read all of them except for Grenade which is what my book report is on. please make another book soon like about the Ukraine war. I hope that you are having a prosperous time with the money you get from your books. thank you for making these books. from Ben

rating

bh015 — 2025-03-03 15:20:30 UTC

5/5 because this book was amazing that I want to read it again and again. this book has fictional characters but actually happens. there was a blood and iron student corps and the Americans did kill any thing after what happened with suicide bomb civilians.

theme

bh015 — 2025-03-03 15:36:28 UTC

I saw that he was using fear. we can see that the talked a lot about fear that the characters felt. we can see that the main character said he peed his pants while running away from every one that he saw. another theme we can see is family because he honored the people the soldiers were before killing each other. he found his father wanting to die in the family tomb and refusing help. we see that his sister and him are sad the their mother and brother died because an American submarine cruise missile the ship they were on