Dust of Eden
Book - 2014
"Thirteen-year-old Mina Tagawa and her Japanese-American family are forced to evacuate their Seattle home and are relocated to an internment camp in Idaho, where they live for three years"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher:
Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2014.
ISBN:
9780807517390
0807517399
0807517399
Characteristics:
121 pages ; 22 cm
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“You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what’s in your heart.” -Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom One great way to find poetry in everyday life is through a novel in verse. Novels in verse are stories written using poetry instead of the usual sentence and paragraph form. The poems, often written from the… (more)
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The poetic story of one Japanese-American families experience in the American internment camps during World War II.
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Add a CommentWritten in beautifully flowing free verse, Nagai has captured a dark period in American history through Mina's authentic voice. I found it particularly poignant in light of recent events. A great choice for teens or advanced middle grade readers!