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Author:

Conkling, Winifred.

Title:

Sylvia & Aki / Winifred Conkling.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Tricycle Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

vii, 151 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Segregation in education--Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Farm life--California--Juvenile fiction.
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)--Juvenile fiction.
Orange County (Calif.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Segregation in education--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
Farm life--California--Fiction.
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)--Fiction.
Orange County (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.

ISBN:

1582463980 (gibraltar library binding)
9781582463988 (gibraltar library binding)
1582463379 (hbk.)
9781582463377 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)651153669

LCCN:

2010024182

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