Hiroshima, No Pika by Toshi Maruki

This book would be great to use with a literature study on war. This book which explained the bombing of Hiroshima by the United States in the point of view of a family living in Hiroshima was rough to read. The book showed many images of people losing their lives and getting injuries that would stay with them for the rest of their lives. As I read this book it was hard to read as an American. Our country did this to the characters in this book but I sympathsized with the characters telling their story. This would be a great book to relate to the war going on today in Iraq and would bring up many conversations about the subject of war.