Under the Blood-Red Sun-Nicholas Moe

Under the Blood-Red Sun book report

By: Nicholas Moe

Under the Blood-Red Sun, by Graham Salisbury, is one of the best books I’ve ever read. The main character of this book is a 12 year old boy named Tomi. The supporting characters are Grandpa, Tomis mom and dad, Tomis best friends Billy and Rico, and baby sister named Kimi. Tomis best friend is named Billy and the two of them play baseball every day with the Rats, a baseball team with all of Tomis friends in the roster.

One reason why I love this book is because it has a lot of action going on in it. Like when Pearl Harbor gets bombed in the middle of the book. Or when Tomi and the Rats are playing baseball against boys 3 years older than them, and they win. Or even when Tomis dad AND grandpa are arrested. The part I like the most is when Tomi swims through the harbor to look for his dad on some island FAR from where Tomi lives. Tomi finds his dad, his dad gave him some advice, and then Tomi swam back to land, almost drowning in the process. Then he he gets knocked out by an army scout on shore.

Another reason why I like Under the Blood-Red Sun is because there are a LOT of problems of problems that happen to Tomi, like at the beggining of the book when Tomis grandpa is flying a Japanese flag and almost gets shot by a group of five men who somehow saw the flag at the short point it was in the air.

I think Graham Salisbury did a great job writing this book. It had a lot of action, drama, violence, and some tough choices for Tomi and his family. The only thing I didn’t like was how Tomis dad and grandpa weren’t freed. I hope he writes a sequel. Overall, I-LOVE-THIS-BOOK! I would give it 4-5 trees!