Yukie's Island
My Family's World War II Story
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
9 January 2024
Summary
A moving picture book autobiography about a family’s resilience and path to healing after the devastation of war.
It’s 1945, the final year of World War II. Yukie Kimura is eight years old. She lives on a tiny island with a lighthouse in the north of Japan with her family, and she knows that the fighting that once felt so far away is getting closer.
Mornings spent helping her father tend to the lighthouse and adventuring with her brother are replaced by weeks spent inside, wai…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250206503 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1250206502 |
| Author: | Steve Sheinkin, Yukie Kimura, Kodo Kimura |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 9 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 279mm |
| Audience Age: | 4 |
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Critics Review
A 2024 Notable Social Studies Trade Book
A Freeman Book Award Notable Book
2024 Bank Street Best Book of the Year
“In simple text and pastoral illustrations, this book offers a look at how war affects children… An accessible and compelling book on a tough topic. Purchase for a unique perspective on World War II. ” –School Library Journal, starred review
“Insightful and compassionate, this lightly fictionalized recounting brings welcome insight about children in conflicts and lends humanity to the ravages of war.” –Booklist
“The first-person narrative is simple and direct, with the childlike tone giving particular poignancy to a callous act of war and making Yukie’s experience urgent and immediate.” – The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
”[A] story of wartime endurance.” – Publisher’s Weekly
Steve Sheinkin
Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including Fallout, Undefeated, Born to Fly, The Port Chicago 50, and Bomb.
Kodo Kimura is a painter whose work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the U.S. and internationally.
Yukie Kimura was born in 1937 on a tiny remote island in south Hokkaido called Matsumae Kojima. In 1943, her family moved to Bentenjima, where the events of this picture book take place.
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