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Author:

Kadohata, Cynthia.

Title:

Weedflower / Cynthia Kadohata.

Edition:

1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.

Publisher:

Aladdin Paperbacks,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

260 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Juvenile fiction.
Mohave Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--Arizona--Juvenile fiction.
Arizona--History--1912-1950--Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Fiction.
Mohave Indians--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Arizona--Fiction.
Arizona--History--1912-1950--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Japanese Americans--Relocation--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Fiction.
Mohave Indians--Fiction.
Native Americans--Arizona--Fiction.
Arizona--History--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Children, October 2010
Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007
School Library Journal starred, July 2006
Book Links (A.L.A.), December 2008
Booklist starred, April 2006
Library Media Connection starred, January 2007
Horn Book Starred, October 2006
Publisher's Weekly, February 2006
Horn Book, July 2006
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2006
Wilson's Children
Wilson's Junior High School
School Library Journal starred

ISBN:

0329734172
9780329734176 (Follett bdg.)
1416975667
9781416975663 (pbk.)

Locations:

AYPB546 -- Richland Public Library (Richland)