Category: Multiculural
Author: Yoshiko Uchida
Publisher/Year: Puffin / 1996
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pages: 32pp
Summary: Emi and her family are sent to live at an internment camp in Montana during World War II with other Japanese-American families. Her best friend from her home in California sends a bracelet with her to always remember her. She loses the bracelet in all the shuffling around the are made to do. She is upset at first but realizes she doesn't need a bracelet to keep her friend's love and memory with her.
Comments: What a sweet, sweet story! All ages would love to read this book!
Classroom Application:
Lexile: 710L
Age: 5-10 years old
This is a great look at what others experienced during World War II, even living in the United States. It could work within a history lesson. It could also just be a great story of friendship.
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