December 6, 1941. Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. With their dads stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, the boys get to soak up the sunshine while writing and drawing their own comic books. World War II might be raging overseas, but so far American has stayed out of the fight. There’s nothing to fear, right? December 7, 1941 – Everything implodes. Frank and Stanley are touring a battleship with Frank’s sister’s Navy boyfriend when Japanese planes zoom overhead, dropping bomb after bomb. As explosions roar and sailors scream, Frank and Stanley realize the unthinkable is happening – Japan is attacking America! The war has come to them. Frantically, the boys struggle to find safety. But disaster, danger, and death are everywhere, from torpedoes underwater to bullets on the beach. In the days following the attack, Frank becomes increasingly aware of the cruelty that their friends and neighbors are showing Stanley and his family. Because his mom in Japanese-American, Stanley is suddenly seen as the enemy and his family is shunned. Frank simply cannot understand what his friend is now facing. The boys have survived the attack but have their friendship and dreams been shattered? This story of high stakes action told by one of the best historical fiction authors of our time is a riveting look at the attack on Pearl Harbor, examining the themes of prejudice and what it truly means to be a hero.