Copyright Date:
2017
Edition Date:
2017
Release Date:
05/09/17
Pages:
181 pages
ISBN:
Publisher: 1-250-10414-9 Perma-Bound: 0-605-96988-4
ISBN 13:
Publisher: 978-1-250-10414-4 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-96988-9
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2015005786
Dimensions:
20 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist
(Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)
Along with many other Japanese Americans on the West Coast in 1942, Manami, her parents, and her grandfather are evacuated from their home. When they leave Bainbridge Island, she manages to hide her beloved dog under her coat, but a soldier takes him away. Overwhelmed by distress and sadness, Manami stops speaking. Life is difficult for the family at the Manzanar Relocation Center. Troublemakers bring turmoil to the crowded camp and other changes come as well, but Manami and her relatives gradually find ways to cope and look toward the future. An appended author's note offers historical information on Japanese Americans and the WWII relocation camps. Sepahban's debut offers a quiet, personal story with nuanced character portrayals and resonant emotional undertones. Manami's journal-like narrative features relatively simple vocabulary and a clear, direct style. This engaging chapter book offers a personal perspective on events and reasons to care about the outcome. A fine selection for historical-fiction fans and a natural choice for readers who loved Kirby Larson's Dash (2014).
Horn Book
In 1942, ten-year-old Manami's family is forced into the Manzanar internment camp. Heartbroken by the loss of her dog, Yujiin, Manami becomes mute; her emotional trauma is sensitively portrayed. Manami recovers her voice when she needs it most, and the story closes on a hopeful note. Readers ready for a somber story should find this novel about Japanese American internment honest and engaging. Reading list, websites.
Bibliography Index/Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Word Count:
28,219
Reading Level:
3.8
Interest Level:
4-7
Accelerated Reader:
reading level: 3.8
/ points: 4.0
/ quiz: 179191
/ grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!:
reading level:3.2 /
points:8.0 /
quiz:Q68136
Lexile:
550L
A moving debut middle-grade novel about a girl whose family is relocated to a Japanese internment camp during World War II--and the dog she has to leave behind. Ten-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her family's life on Bainbridge Island was until the day it all changed. It's 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Manami and her family are Japanese American, which means that the government says they must leave their home by the sea and join other Japanese Americans at a prison camp in the desert. Manami is sad to go, but even worse is that they are going to have to give her and her grandfather's dog, Yujiin, to a neighbor to take care of. Manami decides to sneak Yujiin under her coat and gets as far as the mainland before she is caught and forced to abandon Yujiin. She and her grandfather are devastated, but Manami clings to the hope that somehow Yujiin will find his way to the camp and make her family whole again. It isn't until she finds a way to let go of her guilt that Manami can reclaim the piece of herself that she left behind and accept all that has happened to her family. Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban is a heartrending middle-grade novel and piece of historical fiction set during World War II about love, longing, and a girl who finally finds her voice. "It's a novel that stays, bravely, in that place of pain, making clear that scars will be left behind not only for the children whose families were incarcerated, but also for the generations that follow. And yet, although the tone is sober and sad, it's also a -novel in which a mute child finds her voice, -at last." -- The New York Times
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