| Product Summary | | Format: Hardcover | | ISBN: 9780808552123 | | Publisher: Econo-Clad Books | | Publish Date: 10/1/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 30923513 | | Item#: RWN59K | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 68426 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 7.75H x 5.25L x 0.75T | | Age Range: 12 to 16 |
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| | | | "I never thought one small lady from Japan could make such a big difference in my life, but she did. I'm talking about my Aunt Waka who came to visit us the summer a lot of things changed in our house, including me..." (from the first line) "An ingenious simplicity and grace mark the first-person telling of the story of eleven-year-old Rinko and her Japanese family in Berkeley, California. Times are hard for everyone in 1935, but being Japanese is for Rinko an added burden. . . . Compared with the many worldly-wise contemporary book heroines, Rinko in her guilelessness is genuine and refreshing, and her worries and concerns seem wholly natural, honest and convincing".--The Horn Book.
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During the Great Depression, an 11-year-old Japanese-American girl named Rinko must contend not only with poverty, but also with prejudice. Despite many hardships, Rinko finds comfort through her friendship with an aunt from Japan who comes to stay with the family for the summer. Will Aunt Waka be able to help Rinko and her family fulfill their dreams?
| Author Bio| Yoshiko Uchida | | In 1942, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, college student Yoshiko Uchida, her family, and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were forced, by the United States government to leave their homes and live in internment camps. Uchida has recounted this difficult time in her memoir THE INVISIBLE THREAD. After a 1952 visit to Japan, Uchida published her first book, a collection of Japanese folk tales entitled THE DANCING KETTLE AND OTHER JAPANESE FOLK TALES. In addition to her folklore collections, Uchida has also written historical fiction about Japanese-Americans as a means of sharing Japanese culture with all children. |
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