Aleutian Sparrow

Name: Aleutian Sparrow
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ISBN: 9781416903277

ISBN-10: 1416903275

ISBN-13: 9781416903277

Edition: 2005 (Reprint)

Authors: Karen Hesse, Evon Zerbetz, Evon Zerbetz

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In June 1942, seven months after attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese navy invaded Alaska's Aleutian Islands. For nine thousand years the Aleut people had lived and thrived on these treeless, windswept lands. Within days of the first attack, the entire native population living west of Unimak Island was gathered up and evacuated to relocation centers in the dense forests of Alaska's Southeast. With resilience, compassion, and humor, the Aleuts responded to the sorrows of upheaval and dislocation. This is the story of Vera, a young Aleut caught up in the turmoil of war. It chronicles her struggles to survive and to keep community and heritage intact despite harsh conditions in an alien…

Book details

List price: $8.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publication date: 6/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Karen Hesse (born on August 29, 1952 Baltimore, Maryland) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults. She studied theatre at Towson State College, and finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland in English, Psychology, and Anthropology. In 1998 she won the Newbery Medal for her young adult novel, Out of the Dust. Hesse lives in Vermont with her husband and two teen-aged daughters.