So Far from the Sea
When seven-year-old Laura and her family visit Grandfather's grave at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, the Japanese American child leaves behind a special symbol.
When seven-year-old Laura and her family visit Grandfather's grave at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, the Japanese American child leaves behind a special symbol.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780395720950 (0395720958)
Publish date: April 20th 1998
Publisher: Clarion Books
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
I enjoyed this book as a kid, but didn't enjoy it as much as an adult. There were just little things: everyone looks miserable in all the illustrations (camp life wasn't dour all the time), the translation of the kanji on the obelisk is incorrect, one character compares internment to Pearl Harbor. B...
A educational picture book about the Japanese camps during WWII in the US. It has beautiful artwork, and would be a good way to teach children about a not so pleasant time in history.
A family's visit to a Japanese Relocation Camp, and consequently grandfather's grave. Illustrations switch from present to past; all faces wear the same angry, almost vacant expression. The mood is appropriately serious and somber (as are the illustrations). However I don't believe the emotion of th...
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