Lotus Seed, The |
Publication Information
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Author: Garland, Sherry |
Illustrator: Kiuchi, Tatsuro |
Title: Lotus Seed, The |
Date: 1993 |
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |
City: San Diego |
ISBN, paperback: 0-15-249465-0 |
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):
fiction, easy reading
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
A young girl tells her grandmother's story of carrying a lotus seed with her from Vietnam, losing it, and then regaining it. The author wants to share "how a family's heritage is passed from one generation to the next and how hope, like the lotus seed, can survive through the worst of circumstances." |
Teaching Ideas: |
This book might provoke discussions about immigrants and their needs, special family treasures, Vietnamese history or geography. Students might want to write creative or expository responses. It could be part of a unit about immigrants, perhaps to be used with Bunting's How Many Days to America? The text is quite easy, and the book ends with a page on Vietnamese history. For additional titles on family history, see the Family History Matrix. |
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