Paper Wishes Bound for Schoo Edition Contributor(s): Sepahban, Lois (Author) |
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ISBN: 0606399429 ISBN-13: 9780606399425 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $18.36 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dogs |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 550 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.97 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 179191 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Ten-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her family's life on Bainbridge Island was until the day it all changed. It's 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Manami and her family are Japanese American, which means that the government says they must leave their home by the sea and join other Japanese Americans at a prison camp in the desert. Manami is sad to go, but even worse is that they are going to have to give her and her grandfather's dog, Yujiin, to a neighbor to take care of. Manami decides to sneak Yujiin under her coat and gets as far as the mainland before she is caught and forced to abandon Yujiin. She and her grandfather are devastated, but Manami clings to the hope that somehow Yujiin will find his way to the camp and make her family whole again. It isn't until she finds a way to let go of her guilt that Manami can reclaim the piece of herself that she left behind and accept all that has happened to her family. "It s a novel that stays, bravely, in that place of pain, making clear that scars will be left behind not only for the children whose families were incarcerated, but also for the generations that follow. And yet, although the tone is sober and sad, it s also a novel in which a mute child finds her voice, at last." The New York Times " |
Contributor Bio(s): Sepahban, Lois: - Lois Sepahban lives in Herrodsburg, Kentucky, where she writes children's nonfiction books for the school library market. Paper Wishes is her first novel. |