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My Brother, My Sister and I

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Overview

Thirteen-year-old Yoko and her older brother and sister live in abject poverty in Japan at the end of World War II. When the clog factory warehouse they call home is destroyed by fire, their lives become even more desperate, particularly when Yoko's sister, Ko, is injured and must be hospitalized and her brother, Hideyo, is accused of murder. "Beautifully direct and emotionally honest".--Publishers Weekly, starred review.

Editorial Reviews

PW's starred review praised this fictionalized memoir of a refugee childhood in post-WWII Japan as "beautifully direct and emotionally honest." Ages 11-up. (Apr.)

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Additional Info

Imprint

Simon Pulse

Filesize

789.80 KB

Number of Pages

224

eBook ISBN

1439107874

Awards

  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award

Excerpt from: My Brother, My Sister and I by Yoko Kawashima Watkins