Summary
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019
A Japanese-American family, reeling from their ill treatment in the Japanese internment camps, gives up their American citizenship to move back to Hiroshima, unaware of the devastation wreaked by the atomic bomb in this piercing look at the aftermath of World War II by Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata.
World War II has ended, but while America has won the war, twelve-year-old Hanako feels lost. To her, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781481446648 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1481446649 |
| Author: | Cynthia Kadohata, Julia Kuo |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atheneum |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 465g |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 10-14 |
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Critics Review
“This is a book to sink deep into.”
”[A] transcendent story of love and family.” – The New York Times
“Superb characterization and an evocative sense of place elevate this story that is at once specific to the experiences of Japanese-American expatriates and yet echoes those of many others… . Full of desperate sadness and tremendous beauty.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“The push-pull between humanity’s best and worst, and between acceptance and resistance are at the heart of this powerful and joyful work.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Complex and emotionally impactful.” – School Library Journal, starred review
“Kadohata is superb at writing relationships, and here each unfolds like a flower… . Another gift from Kadohata to her readers.” – Booklist, starred review
“This is a book to sink deep into.” – Horn Book Magazine, starred review
Cynthia Kadohata
Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Kira-Kira, the National Book Award winner The Thing About Luck, the Jane Addams Peace Award and Pen USA Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty, A Million Shades of Gray, Half a World Away, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She lives with her hockey-playing son and dog in West Covina, California.
Julia Kuo is the creator of 20 Ways to Draw a Cat and 44 Other Awesome Animals as well as the charming board book Everyone Eats. Julia also created the cover and interior artwork for Newbery Medal–winning author Cynthia Kadohata’s The Thing About Luck and Place I Belong and New York Times bestselling author Jenny Han’s Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream. She lives in Chicago.
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