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mstan
May 25, 2012 rated it it was ok
Shelves: for-young-adults-or-children, asian, public-transport, src-summer-2012
This is one of those books that I feel relies more on the shock factor of what the author has actually experienced, rather than good writing, to reach out to the reader. While Kawashima's story of escaping (as a Japanese) from Korea during WWII is pretty interesting, beyond her relationship with her elder sister, Ko, I can't quite get a good feel of how she truly related to those around her - the writing is too simplistic for that. Children can learn quite a lot from reading this, but it is not ...more
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Beth
Jun 23, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: ams
A part of history that I didn't know about. Jealous that Mrs. Watkins spoke at Bill's school! ...more
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Nov 10, 2008 rated it liked it
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Sarah
Sep 30, 2007 marked it as wishlist
Shelves: nonfiction, young-adult, asian
Isabel
Jun 01, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Curlysue
Jan 01, 2025 marked it as to-read
Shelves: young-adult, historical-fiction, japan
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Jun 23, 2025 marked it as to-read
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