Empire of the Sun (1st ed.)

1st edition/1st printing

Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him.

Shanghai, 1941 — a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents. Imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp, he is witness to the fierce white flash of Nagasaki, as the bomb bellows the end of the war…and the dawn of a blighted world.

Ballard’s enduring novel of war and deprivation, internment camps and death marches, and starvation and survival is an honest coming-of-age tale set in a world thrown utterly out of joint.

Fundraising Item: 30% of proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control, an organization that partners with Detroit Animal Care and Control to promote responsible pet ownership; coordinate adoption events; and provide medical care and supplies for the animals in their care.

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