Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows
(Fiction, Dear America Series) Barry Denenberg

In her diary, twelve-year-old Amber describes moving to Hawaii in 1941 and experiencing the horror of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
 

Air Raid--Pearl Harbor!: The Story of December 7, 1941
Theodore Taylor

On December 7, 1941, Americans were stunned to learn that Japanese forces had launched an attack on Pearl Harbor. In this engrossing and extensively researched account, Theodore Taylor examines both sides of the battle, taking a close look at the events leading up to it and providing compelling insight into the motives and operations of the brave men and women swept up in the fight. The Publisher.
 

A Boy at War : A Novel of Pearl Harbor
(Fiction) Harry Mazer

For Adam, living near Honolulu, this Sunday morning is one he has been looking forward to -- fishing with friends, away from the ever-watchful eyes of his father, a navy lieutenant. Then, right before his eyes, Adam watches Japanese planes fly overhead and attack the U.S. Navy. All he can think is that it's just like in the movies. But as he sees his father's ship, the Arizona, sink beneath the water, he realizes this isn't make-believe. It's real. Over the next few days, Adam searches for answers -- about his friends, the war, and especially, his father. But Adam soon learns sometimes there are no answers. The Publisher.
 

Pearl Harbor
(Ready-To-Read: Level 3 Reading Alone)
Stephen Krensky, Illustrated by Larry Day

This excellent introduction to Pearl Harbor and World War II opens with Secretary of State Cordell Hull angrily greeting Japanese representatives on December 7, 1941, even before news of the attack has reached him. What he does know is that Japan has been deceiving the U.S. Krensky goes on to describe the history of Japan's economic and political expansion in Asia, the European war, President Roosevelt's willingness to assist the Allies, and how continuing recovery from the Depression limited the U.S.'s full participation in the war prior to Pearl Harbor. He explains the purpose of the attack and Japan's belief that the U.S. would be unable to retaliate. This book, with its easy chapters and complex sentences, will appeal to newly independent readers. The Publisher
 

When Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson was six years old, she had a unique experience -- she watched the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor from her front yard!

In Pearl Harbor Child, Dorinda Nicholson tells her personal account of the Japanese attack and the events that followed, including blackouts, rationing, air raid drills, victory gardens, war bonds, censorship, gas masks and much more. While there are many books about the Pearl Harbor attack, Pearl Harbor Child is the only one that tells the story from a civilian point of view, written by a woman, through the eyes of a child.