A young girl's experiences in the middle of Okinawa during the war

The Girl with the White Flag
This is about a photograph taken on June 25th, 1945 in war torn Okinawa. It is a picture of a little girl carrying a white flag and in tattered clothes. This book is an account of the days during the war told by the child (Tomiko Higa) in the photograph. She talks about being separated from her family and surviving in the center of the battlefields for several months.
This is a story that I would recommend to anyone, including students in 7th grade and up. I think it is an easy read and it would help any student get a glimpse of what war is like from a personal point of view. This would be great as a read for the entire class, and it should bring great dicussions.