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That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

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That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

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Having just finished it-minutes ago, my thoughts are fresh and still congealing, which is not how I would normally wr...more...]]> 21047562 994325 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 3 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Apr 26 13:50:52 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 13:52:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 40822563 1429598 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 4 0 false Wed Dec 24 07:05:42 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 07:45:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 72498709 1943878 6288517 9789792240887 4 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235539273m/6288517.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235539273s/6288517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288517.Weedflower 3.67 6
Suatu hari Sumiko pulang sekolah dengan gembira karena menerima undangan pesta teman sekelasnya. Bagi gadis lain seusianya, menerima undangan ulang tahun bukanlah hal yang luar biasa, tapi tidak bagi Sumiko, Ia yang terbiasa diejek dan dipandang penuh curiga karena menjadi satu-satunya gadis Jepang di kelasnya, menganggap hal ini peristiwa luar biasa. Ia mengabarkan berita tersebut pada seisi rumah.

Semenjak kematian orang tuanya, Sumiko dan adiknya Tak-Tak (6 th) tinggal bersama kakeknya “Jiichan”, paman, bibi dan kedua sepupunya--Ichiro dan Bul. Mereka mengurus perkebunan bunga liar—kusabana. Untuk menghadiri undangan pesta tersebut Sumiko mempersiapkan segalanya, ia memikirkan gaun yang akan ia kenakan, kado yang akan dibawa, dan membayangkan suasana pesta yang akan dihadirinya, Ia pun diantar paman dan kakeknya. Sumiko tak menyangka luapan kegembiraannya akan berahir dengan kekecewaan. lalu kejadian di pesta membuat Sumiko merasa malu dan terhina, hingga menurutnya hidupnya takkan sama lagi. Ia merasa dirinya adalah Sumiko yang terhina (h.48)

Tak lama berselang tersebarlah kabar Jepang telah mengebom Hawaii, perang telah meletus, kehidupan “damai” mereka buyar sudah. Orang-orang Amerika mencurigai para Nikkei—semua keturunan Jepang, termasuk mereka yang lahir di Amerika Serikat seperti Sumiko. Mereka dipaksa menjual rumah serta semua hartanya, kemudian mereka ditampung di kamp tahanan sementara.

Dari kamp tahanan tersebut, mereka dipindahkan ke kamp tahanan lainnya di salah satu padang gurun terpanas di Amerika. Panasnya cuaca, lingkungan kamp yang membosankan membuat Sumiko merindukan kebun bunganya, perasaan jemu benar-benar membuatnya takut.

Selama dalam kamp konsentrasi, banyak konflik yang terjadi, sepupunya harus ikut wajib militer, bibinya ingin bekerja diluar kamp, Paman dan kakeknya menderita kedinginan karena ditahan kamp yang berbeda.Sumiko berjuang keras melawan rasa jenuhnya dengan “menciptakan” kebun bunganya di gurun yang tandus bersama Mr. Moto, Sementara terus Tak-Tak terus menghawatirkan apakah mereka akan mati ditembak. Sampai dengan Sumoko berteman dengan seorang Indian bernama Frank.

Cynthia Kadohata mengungkapkan dampak pengeboman Pearl Harbor bagi keluarga Sumoko (baca: warga Jepang di Amerika). Kisah yang indah tentang kekuatan saling mengisi dalam sebuah keluarga, aku suka bagaimana Ichiro dan Bull melindungi sepupunya Sumoko dan Tak-Tak, sehingga merasa mereka bukanlah yatim piatu dan memilki keluarga yang sebenarnya. Lalu tindakan Sumoko menyumbangkan uang 6 dollarnya untuk dikirim pada Jiichan dan pamannya. Sumoko juga menghibur Bull yang akan menjalani wajib militer dengan cara berjanji akan mengiriminya surat dan majalah, sangat menyentuh.

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Novel ini bercerita tentang kehidupan keluarga Jepang-Amerika pada masa perang dunia ke-2. Sumiko, seorang gadis ber...more...]]> 54448725 138700 6288517 9789792240887 4 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235539273m/6288517.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235539273s/6288517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288517.Weedflower 3.94 508
Suatu hari Sumiko pulang sekolah dengan gembira karena menerima undangan pesta teman sekelasnya. Bagi gadis lain seusianya, menerima undangan ulang tahun bukanlah hal yang luar biasa, tapi tidak bagi Sumiko, Ia yang terbiasa diejek dan dipandang penuh curiga karena menjadi satu-satunya gadis Jepang di kelasnya, menganggap hal ini peristiwa luar biasa. Ia mengabarkan berita tersebut pada seisi rumah.

Semenjak kematian orang tuanya, Sumiko dan adiknya Tak-Tak (6 th) tinggal bersama kakeknya “Jiichan”, paman, bibi dan kedua sepupunya--Ichiro dan Bul. Mereka mengurus perkebunan bunga liar—kusabana. Untuk menghadiri undangan pesta tersebut Sumiko mempersiapkan segalanya, ia memikirkan gaun yang akan ia kenakan, kado yang akan dibawa, dan membayangkan suasana pesta yang akan dihadirinya, Ia pun diantar paman dan kakeknya. Sumiko tak menyangka luapan kegembiraannya akan berahir dengan kekecewaan. lalu kejadian di pesta membuat Sumiko merasa malu dan terhina, hingga menurutnya hidupnya takkan sama lagi. Ia merasa dirinya adalah Sumiko yang terhina (h.48)

Tak lama berselang tersebarlah kabar Jepang telah mengebom Hawaii, perang telah meletus, kehidupan “damai” mereka buyar sudah. Orang-orang Amerika mencurigai para Nikkei—semua keturunan Jepang, termasuk mereka yang lahir di Amerika Serikat seperti Sumiko. Mereka dipaksa menjual rumah serta semua hartanya, kemudian mereka ditampung di kamp tahanan sementara.

Dari kamp tahanan tersebut, mereka dipindahkan ke kamp tahanan lainnya di salah satu padang gurun terpanas di Amerika. Panasnya cuaca, lingkungan kamp yang membosankan membuat Sumiko merindukan kebun bunganya, perasaan jemu benar-benar membuatnya takut.

Selama dalam kamp konsentrasi, banyak konflik yang terjadi, sepupunya harus ikut wajib militer, bibinya ingin bekerja diluar kamp, Paman dan kakeknya menderita kedinginan karena ditahan kamp yang berbeda.Sumiko berjuang keras melawan rasa jenuhnya dengan “menciptakan” kebun bunganya di gurun yang tandus bersama Mr. Moto, Sementara terus Tak-Tak terus menghawatirkan apakah mereka akan mati ditembak. Sampai dengan Sumoko berteman dengan seorang Indian bernama Frank.

Cynthia Kadohata mengungkapkan dampak pengeboman Pearl Harbor bagi keluarga Sumoko (baca: warga Jepang di Amerika). Kisah yang indah tentang kekuatan saling mengisi dalam sebuah keluarga, aku suka bagaimana Ichiro dan Bull melindungi sepupunya Sumoko dan Tak-Tak, sehingga merasa mereka bukanlah yatim piatu dan memilki keluarga yang sebenarnya. Lalu tindakan Sumoko menyumbangkan uang 6 dollarnya untuk dikirim pada Jiichan dan pamannya. Sumoko juga menghibur Bull yang akan menjalani wajib militer dengan cara berjanji akan mengiriminya surat dan majalah, sangat menyentuh.

Resensi from ECHYART]]> 2006 4 0 true Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 23:13:09 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 01:07:37 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 50045369 1918031 6288517 9789792240887 4 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235539273m/6288517.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235539273s/6288517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288517.Weedflower 3.94 508
Suatu hari Sumiko pulang sekolah dengan gembira karena menerima undangan pesta teman sekelasnya. Bagi gadis lain seusianya, menerima undangan ulang tahun bukanlah hal yang luar biasa, tapi tidak bagi Sumiko, Ia yang terbiasa diejek dan dipandang penuh curiga karena menjadi satu-satunya gadis Jepang di kelasnya, menganggap hal ini peristiwa luar biasa. Ia mengabarkan berita tersebut pada seisi rumah.

Semenjak kematian orang tuanya, Sumiko dan adiknya Tak-Tak (6 th) tinggal bersama kakeknya “Jiichan”, paman, bibi dan kedua sepupunya--Ichiro dan Bul. Mereka mengurus perkebunan bunga liar—kusabana. Untuk menghadiri undangan pesta tersebut Sumiko mempersiapkan segalanya, ia memikirkan gaun yang akan ia kenakan, kado yang akan dibawa, dan membayangkan suasana pesta yang akan dihadirinya, Ia pun diantar paman dan kakeknya. Sumiko tak menyangka luapan kegembiraannya akan berahir dengan kekecewaan. lalu kejadian di pesta membuat Sumiko merasa malu dan terhina, hingga menurutnya hidupnya takkan sama lagi. Ia merasa dirinya adalah Sumiko yang terhina (h.48)

Tak lama berselang tersebarlah kabar Jepang telah mengebom Hawaii, perang telah meletus, kehidupan “damai” mereka buyar sudah. Orang-orang Amerika mencurigai para Nikkei—semua keturunan Jepang, termasuk mereka yang lahir di Amerika Serikat seperti Sumiko. Mereka dipaksa menjual rumah serta semua hartanya, kemudian mereka ditampung di kamp tahanan sementara.

Dari kamp tahanan tersebut, mereka dipindahkan ke kamp tahanan lainnya di salah satu padang gurun terpanas di Amerika. Panasnya cuaca, lingkungan kamp yang membosankan membuat Sumiko merindukan kebun bunganya, perasaan jemu benar-benar membuatnya takut.

Selama dalam kamp konsentrasi, banyak konflik yang terjadi, sepupunya harus ikut wajib militer, bibinya ingin bekerja diluar kamp, Paman dan kakeknya menderita kedinginan karena ditahan kamp yang berbeda.Sumiko berjuang keras melawan rasa jenuhnya dengan “menciptakan” kebun bunganya di gurun yang tandus bersama Mr. Moto, Sementara terus Tak-Tak terus menghawatirkan apakah mereka akan mati ditembak. Sampai dengan Sumoko berteman dengan seorang Indian bernama Frank.

Cynthia Kadohata mengungkapkan dampak pengeboman Pearl Harbor bagi keluarga Sumoko (baca: warga Jepang di Amerika). Kisah yang indah tentang kekuatan saling mengisi dalam sebuah keluarga, aku suka bagaimana Ichiro dan Bull melindungi sepupunya Sumoko dan Tak-Tak, sehingga merasa mereka bukanlah yatim piatu dan memilki keluarga yang sebenarnya. Lalu tindakan Sumoko menyumbangkan uang 6 dollarnya untuk dikirim pada Jiichan dan pamannya. Sumoko juga menghibur Bull yang akan menjalani wajib militer dengan cara berjanji akan mengiriminya surat dan majalah, sangat menyentuh.

Resensi from ECHYART]]> 2006 4 0 false Sun Mar 22 06:37:59 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 20:42:30 -0700 2009
Weedflower diceritakan dari sudut pandang gadis kecil Sumiko (12 tahun),...more...]]> 49029378 1482217 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 5 0 false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:40:21 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 15:03:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 73309481 2778060 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 4 0 false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 10:31:58 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 11:00:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 58964681 2109023 6293838 9794020805 2 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235653604m/6293838.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235653604s/6293838.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6293838.Weedflower 3.00 3
Semua itu berubah setelah peristiwa Pearl Harbor. Orang-orang Amerika curiga bahwa seluruh warga keturunan Jepang---termasuk mereka yang lahir di Amerika Serikat seperti Sumiko---adalah mata-mata Kaisar. Ketika kecurigaan itu semakin membengkak, Sumiko dan keluarganya mendapati diri mereka diangkut ke kamp konsentrasi di salah satu padang gurun terpanas di Amerika. Warna-warni bunga yang melingkupi hidup Sumiko lenyap sudah, berganti dengan badai debu yang menghitamkan langit dan menerobos setiap pori-pori barak militer yang merupakan "rumah" barunya.

Sumiko dengan cepat menemukan bahwa kamp itu terletak di daerah reservasi orang India, dan orang Jepang tidak diterima di situ seperti juga di tempat sebelumnya. Tapi kemudian Sumiko bertemu dengan seorang pemuda Mohave. yang mungkin bisa menjadi sahabat pertamanya, kalau saja sang pemuda mau melupakan amarahnya kepada orang Jepang yang dianggap menyerobot tanahnya.

Dengan pemahaman yang tajam dan mendalam, dan dengan meminjam mata seorang gadis remaja yang mendambakan tempat, Cynthia Kadohata mengeksplorasi dampak pengeboman Pearl Harbor terhadap orang-orang Jepang di Amerika pada masa Perang Dunia II. Weedflower adalah kisah keindahan dan tantangan persahabatan antar-ras, dan mengangkat kisah nyata bagaimana pertemuan warga Amerika keturunan Jepang dan penduduk asli Amerika telah mengubah masa depan keduanya.]]> 2006 3 0 false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 02:48:05 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 00:39:34 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 53770635 1387901 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 4 0 false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 17:25:55 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 17:34:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51410211 1639037 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

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I liked this book. The narrator was very good and the story is one that needs to be told. Many of us have forgotten the treatment of the American Japanese citizens in California during WWII. This book was told from a child's view point and didn't demon...more...]]> 8634738 227323 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 5 1 false Sat Nov 03 22:19:22 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 22:20:48 -0700 2007 53664277 76842 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 4 0 false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 18:56:40 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 20:19:27 -0700 2009 Farewell to Manzinar. Sumiko's Japanese family is sent to a relocation center near Poston, Arizona on the Mohave Indian Reservation. There she learns about prejudice, friendship and the political complications of American life.

I really liked the way Kadohata wove to...more...]]> 46021482 817278 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 4 0 false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 06:36:46 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 18:00:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 35948881 1645580 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 3 0 false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 22 11:21:03 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 02 13:49:43 -0800 2009
12 year old Sumiko, a Japanese-American girl, lives with her Aunt and Uncle on a little flower f...more...]]> 13140711 391301 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 3 0 false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 22 06:05:17 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 11 09:49:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 9316276 258860 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 4 0 false Mon Nov 19 12:38:34 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 12:38:56 -0800 2007
Can such a thing happen today? Could it have happened less than a hundred years ago? Could such a thing take place in the United States, home of the ...more...]]> 1622373 51472 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 0 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 04:13:08 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 02 06:25:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 70000035 2613975 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 3 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Sep 03 20:44:46 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 20:44:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 18862843 1031140 224392 0689865740 9780689865749 136 <![CDATA[Weedflower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098m/224392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172856098s/224392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224392.Weedflower 3.94 508

That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States! As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new "home."

Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they'd been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land.

With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.

]]> 2006 3 0 false Fri Mar 28 12:45:09 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 12:52:13 -0700 2008
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