So Far from the Bamboo Grove Paperback - 1986
by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Though she is Japanese, 11-year-old Yoko has lived with her family in Korea all her life. When World War II comes to an end, Koreans rise up to take control of their homeland. Yoko and her family are forced to flee their home, and their harrowing journey to safety is the backbone of this remarkable survival story.
First line
IT WAS ALMOST MIDNIGHT ON JULY 29, 1945, when my mother, my elder sister Ko, and I, carrying as many of our belongings as we could on our backs, fled our home in its bamboo grove, our friends, and our town, Nanam, in northern Korea, forever.
From the rear cover
Though Japanese, eleven-year-old Yoko has lived with her family in northern Korea near the border with China all her life. But when the Second World War comes to an end, Japanese on the Korean peninsula are suddenly in terrible danger; the Korean people want control of their homeland and they want to punish the Japanese, who have occupied their nation for many years. Yoko, her mother, and sister are forced to flee from their beautiful house with its peaceful bamboo grove. Their journey is terrifying -- and remarkable. It's a true story of courage and survival.
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- Title So Far from the Bamboo Grove
- Author Yoko Kawashima Watkins
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Beech Tree e
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins, New York
- Date 1986
- ISBN 9780688131159 / 0688131158
- Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.47 in (19.30 x 12.95 x 1.19 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 730
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945, Japan
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93011720
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 05/16/1994, Page 0
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