Yukie's island : my family's World War II story
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience
Grades K-1 Roaring Brook Press.
Summary
"When Yukie Kimura was eight years old, her family lived on a tiny island near the coast of northern Japan, where her father was a lighthouse keeper. Her days were filled with adventure and nature: collecting seagull eggs to bake cookies, finding fresh seafood on the shore, and digging for fossils in a cave. But it was also 1945, the final year of World War II. Then, during one sunny weekend, bombs are dropped. The war ends soon after, but not for Yukie, who remembers the explosions and the classmates who never came back. She watches the sky and worries--until a miraculous sight finally allows her to feel free again."--
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Benten Jima Island (Nemuro-shi) > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Japan > Benten Jima Island (Nemuro-shi) > Juvenile literature.
- Lighthouses > Japan > Benten Jima Island (Nemuro-shi) > Juvenile literature.
- Lighthouse keepers > Japan > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Benten Jima Island.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Japan > Benten Jima Island.
- Lighthouses > Japan > Benten Jima Island.
- Lighthouse keepers > Japan > Biography.
- Benten Jima Island (Nemuro-shi, Japan) > History > Juvenile literature.
- Benten Jima Island (Nemuro-shi, Japan) > Biography.
- Kimura, Yukie, 1937- > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature.
- Kimura, Yukie, 1937- > Family > Juvenile literature.
- Suzuki family > Juvenile literature.
- Kimura, Yukie, 1937- > Childhood and youth.
- Kimura, Yukie, 1937- > Family.
- Suzuki family.