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.
year: 2011, 2013
call number/section: 1000
subjects: race relations, juvenile fiction, segregation in education, japanese americans, evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, mexican americans, farm life, california, orange county (calif.), history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction, poston relocation center (ariz.), juvenile fiction, fiction, fiction, evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, mexican amreicans, orange county (calif), historical fiction
Editions
Conkling, Winifred
Tricycle Press (2011)
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.
Schools: 12
Conkling, Winifred
Yearling (2013)
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.
Schools: 1
Conkling, Winifred
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.
Schools: 12
Conkling, Winifred
When Aki's family is sent to a Japanese internment camp at the beginning of World War II, Sylvia's family leases their farm. But Sylvia also faces discrimination, as a Mexican American. Includes black-and-white photographs of the real Sylvia and Aki.
Schools: 2
Conkling, Winifred
At the start of World War II, Japanese-American Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Arizona, while Mexican-American Sylvia's family leases their California farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.
Schools: 1