When the cherry blossoms fell

Title
When the cherry blossoms fell

Personal Author EPSB
Jennifer, Maruno

Summary
Nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa bids her father goodbye in March, 1942, not knowing the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of Vancouver, and it is not until her entire family is forced to move to the interior of British Columbia and she is enrolled at a new school that she learns the truth about her situation.

Year Published
2009

Physical Description
129 p. ; 19 cm.

Program Information
Accelerated Reader MG 4.3 4.0 144243

Awards
YRCA 2012 Junior Division Nominee

Subject
Racism -- Fiction.
 
School stories.
 
Schools -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
British Columbia -- Fiction.

Summary
Nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa bids her father goodbye in March, 1942, not knowing the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of Vancouver, and it is not until her entire family is forced to move to the interior of British Columbia and she is enrolled at a new school that she learns the truth about her situation.

ISBN
9781894917834

Publisher
Toronto : Napoleon, c2009.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieFIC MARBook30522000365970Historical Fiction