Sylvia & Aki
Berkeley : Tricycle Press, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.
Contents:
pt. 1. California and Arizona 1941 -- pt. 2. California and Arizona 1944-1945 -- Epilogue. California 1955.
Subjects:
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Segregation in education -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Farm life -- California -- Juvenile fiction.
Orange County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Segregation in education -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Farm life -- California -- Juvenile fiction.
Orange County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 760L
ISBN:
9781582463971
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Conkling | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Conkling | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Conkling | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149).
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.2 4 SD Quiz 144851 English fiction.
Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award Winner, 2012
Jane Addams Older Children's Book Award, 2012
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.2 4 SD Quiz 144851 English fiction.
Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award Winner, 2012
Jane Addams Older Children's Book Award, 2012