Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Pacific War
by Harry Mazer
"I WANTED TO SERVE, TO BE PART OF THIS THING MY FATHER HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR. I... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2005
Word Count 21,975
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 88487, 3.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Campaigns
- Okinawa Island
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Fiction
- Japan
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Juvenile fiction
- Marine Corps
- United States
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- United States. Marine Corps--Fiction
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- Great Books For Boys
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