Yukie's island my family's World War II story
"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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Roaring Brook Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "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, waiting. At some point, Yukie knows, they may be bombed. Then, it happens. One Sunday, bombs are dropped. The war ends soon after that. Everyone tells Yukie there's nothing to be scared of anymore, but she's not so sure. So she watches and she waits--until a miraculous sight finally allows her to be a kid again." -- Amazon.com. |
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| Physical Description: | 48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 4-8 Grades K-1 |
| ISBN: | 9781250206503 1250206502 |
| Author Notes: | Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including Fallout , Undefeated , Born to Fly , The Port Chicago 50 , and Bomb . His accolades include a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal and Honor, and three National Book Award finalist honors. He lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. |
