When the Cherry Blossoms Fell A Cherry Blossom Book

Name: When the Cherry Blossoms Fell A Cherry Blossom Book
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ISBN: 9781894917834

ISBN-10: 1894917839

ISBN-13: 9781894917834

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jennifer Maruno

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Nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa bids her father goodbye before her birthday celebration. She doesn't know the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of the province. Ten days later, her family joins hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train to the interior of British Columbia. Even though her aunt Sadie jokes about it, they have truly reached the "Land of No." There are no paved roads, no streetlights and no streetcars. The house in which they are to live is dirty and drafty. Michiko is puzzled and angry as to why her mother expects her to be grateful for this vacation. Michiko's uncle Ted finds work building wooden houses in the nearby orchard. Michiko, seeing the plans, can't…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 4/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.308
Language: English

Jennifer Maruno is a long-time educator. Her debut novel, When the Cherry Blossoms Fell , was shortlisted for the Hackmatack Award and the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice Award. She is also the author of Warbird, Cherry Blossom Winter , and Kid Soldier . She lives in Burlington, Ontario.