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An Orbis Pictus Honor Book for Outstanding Nonfiction 2019 In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII - the only enemy ever to do so - and comes back 20 years later to apologize. The devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, drew the United States into World War II in 1941. But few are aware that several months later, the Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita dropped bombs in the woods outside a small town in coastal Oregon. This is the story of those bombings, and what came after, when Fujita returned to Oregon twenty years later, this time to apologize. This remarkable true story, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, is an important and moving account of reconciliation after war.



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Marc Tyler Nobleman

Award-winning author of books for all ages, including one that changed history and inspired an unprecedented documentary.Nonfiction:* "Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman" (inspired the Hulu feature documentary "Batman & Bill," the first film based on a nonfiction picture book) * "Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story" (Orbis Pictus Honor) * "Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman" (made front page of "USA Today") * "Fairy Spell: How Two Girls Convinced the World That Fairies Are Real"Fiction:* "The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra" (picture book comedy about the Latino myth) * "Brave Like My Brother" (WWII novel told in letters) I've had the privilege of being invited to speak at schools and conferences in more than half the 50 states and a dozen countries from Thailand to Tanzania. My blog Noblemania shares adventures in publishing (from research victories to promotional gambles) .



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