HeroesHeroes

Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. Maybe they'll even get their comic published someday. December 7th, 1941: That morning, Frank and Stanley are aboard the battleship the USS Utah when Japanese planes zoom overhead and begin dropping bombs on the ships below. Chaos ensues as everyone scrambles to dive for safety. Frank and Stanley realize what's happening: Japan is attacking America! Stanley's mother is Japanese American and he is suddenly facing a terrible prejudice that he's never known before: he's now seen as the "enemy," and Frank, who's white, cannot begin to understand what Stanley will now face. Can their friendship and their dreams survive this watershed moment in history?