So Far From the Sea |
Publication Information
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Author: Bunting, Eve |
Illustrator: Soentpiet, Chris |
Title: So Far From the Sea |
Date: 1998 |
Publisher: Clarion Books |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-395-72095-8 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
historical fiction, memoirs/reminiscences
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
A Japanese American visits Manazar, a Japanese relocation camp in World War II, to visit the grave of a grandfather. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Teachers will want to include this book in a text set on World War II and use the matrix located under the Trade Books Table of Contents, GED Matrices on this web site. The Children of Topaz is an excellent supplement. Students can use the web sites below to research historical background and pictures of the Japanese relocation camps. Students may want to discuss or write about the significance of the Cub Scout neckerchief. The book could serve as an introduction to Japanese culture by discovering the cultural importance of the objects left on graves--rice cakes, origami birds, cherry branches and so forth.
web sites: www.pbs.org/childofcamp/; members.aol.com/EARTHSUN/Manzanar.html; sub-level 5 was not visible Japanese internment camps |
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Matrices or Charts
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
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