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Pearl: A Graphic Novel
Pearl: A Graphic Novel
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Binding: Paperback
Description: With five starred reviews and numerous accolades a beautifully crafted and captivating graphic novel from award - winning writer Sherri L. Smith and Eisner - nominated artist Christine Norrie about a Japanese - American girl who must survive years of uncertainty and questions of loyalty in Hiroshima during World War II. Amy is a thirteen - year - old Japanese - American girl who lives in Hawaii. When her great - grandmother falls ill Amy travels to visit family in Hiroshima for the first time. But this is 1941. When the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor it becomes impossible for Amy to return to Hawaii. Conscripted into translating English radio transmissions for the Japanese army Amy struggles with questions of loyalty and fears about her family amidst rumors of internment camps in America - - even as she makes a new best friend and over the years Japan starts to feel something like home. Torn between two countries at war Amy must figure out where her loyalties lie and in the face of unthinkable tragedy find hope in the rubble of a changed world.
Title: Pearl: A Graphic Novel
Author(s): Smith Sherri, Christine Norrie
Publisher: Scholastic Us
Barcode: 9781338029420
Pages: 144 Pages
Publication Date: 8/20/2024
Category: Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels (Children's / Teenage)
Description: With five starred reviews and numerous accolades a beautifully crafted and captivating graphic novel from award - winning writer Sherri L. Smith and Eisner - nominated artist Christine Norrie about a Japanese - American girl who must survive years of uncertainty and questions of loyalty in Hiroshima during World War II. Amy is a thirteen - year - old Japanese - American girl who lives in Hawaii. When her great - grandmother falls ill Amy travels to visit family in Hiroshima for the first time. But this is 1941. When the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor it becomes impossible for Amy to return to Hawaii. Conscripted into translating English radio transmissions for the Japanese army Amy struggles with questions of loyalty and fears about her family amidst rumors of internment camps in America - - even as she makes a new best friend and over the years Japan starts to feel something like home. Torn between two countries at war Amy must figure out where her loyalties lie and in the face of unthinkable tragedy find hope in the rubble of a changed world.
Title: Pearl: A Graphic Novel
Author(s): Smith Sherri, Christine Norrie
Publisher: Scholastic Us
Barcode: 9781338029420
Pages: 144 Pages
Publication Date: 8/20/2024
Category: Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels (Children's / Teenage)