From the award-winning author of Flygirl comes this powerful WWII romance between two Japanese teens caught in the cogs of an unwinnable war, perfect for fans of Salt to the Sea, Lovely War, and Code Name Verity. com or follow her on Twitter @Sherri_L_Smith..
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She lives in Los Angeles, California.
Smith is the author of several novels for young adults, including the critically acclaimed Flygirl, Orleans, and Pasadena, as well as the middle grade novel The Toymaker\'s Apprentice.
About the Author Sherri L.
Here, with achingly beautiful prose, Smith weaves a tale of love in the face of death, of hope in the face of tragedy, set against a backdrop of the waning days of the Pacific War.
Lockhart, the New York Times-bestselling author of We Were Liars, and "a truly talented writer" by Jacqueline Woodson, the National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming.
Smith has been called "an author with astonishing range" and "a stellar storyteller" by E.
Is it possible to live an entire lifetime in eight short days? Sherri L.
The war will tear them apart.
A song will bring them together. until she meets Taro. . .
She wonders if it would have been better to have died that day .
Hana hasn\'t been the same since the day she was buried alive in a collapsed trench during a bomb raid. until he meets Hana. . .
He believes he is ready to die for his country .
Taro is a talented violinist and a kamikaze pilot in the days before his first and only mission.
Japan 1945.
From the award-winning author of Flygirl comes this powerful WWII romance between two Japanese teens caught in the cogs of an unwinnable war, perfect for fans of Salt to the Sea, Lovely War, and Code Name Verity
