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Sylvia & Aki (2011)

by Winifred Conkling(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1582463379 (ISBN13: 9781582463377)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Tricycle Press

review 1: A slim volume that makes historical fiction also accessible to younger readers (Grade 3 up). Based on a true story, it tells of the friendship between two girls, both trapped by injustice and segregation: Aki, of Japanese descent has to move into an internment camp with her family; and Sylvia, whose family is of Mexican descent, is denied access to good education. A thought-provoking account of injustices that don't lie far back.
review 2: Set in southern California during World War II, this book alternates telling the stories of Aki, who has been sent to a Japanese American Relocation camp in Poston, AZ, and Sylvia, whose family is renting Aki’s home and farm in Westminster, CA. Sylvia and her brothers are denied admittance to their neighborhood school and t... moreold to enroll in the “Mexican” school across town. A heartfelt story of an important period of California history. less

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