Books by Yoko Kawashima Watkins and Complete Book Reviews

My Brother
My Brother, My Sister, and I
Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Author Simon Pulse $6.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-689-80656-8
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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My Brother
My Brother, My Sister, and I
Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Author Bradbury Press $17 (275p) ISBN 978-0-02-792526-5
``What do the other girls know about being hungry, homeless, and missing someone they love so much?'' wonders the 13-year-old protagonist of this fictionalized memoir of Watkins's life as a refugee in post-WW II Japan, a sequel to So Far from the...
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So Far from the Bamboo Grove
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Author Puffin Books $3.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-14-032385-6
The riveting story of a Japanese family's escape from Korea to their war-ravaged home. Ages 10-14. (September)
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So Far from the Bamboo Grove
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Author, Jean Fritz, Foreword by HarperTempest $5.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-688-13115-9
This riveting novel, based on the author's own experiences, describes a Japanese family forced to flee their home in Korea at the end of WW II. Ages 10-up. (May)
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Tales from the Bamboo Grove
Tales from the Bamboo Grove
Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Author, Mou-Sien Tseng, Illustrator, Jean Tseng, Illustrator Bradbury Press $16 (49p) ISBN 978-0-02-792525-8
In the foreword to this eclectic selection of Japanese folktales, the author of So Far from the Bamboo Grove reminisces about her childhood in North Korea and the importance of stories in her family--as a source of reassurance for her parents,...
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