| Description |
1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps, genealogical table |
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text file rda |
| Contents |
August 1945. Home in Nagasaki -- May-August 1945. Evacuation -- August 6, 1945. An ordinary day -- August 9, 1945. Unspeakable seconds -- August 9, 1945. The end of the world -- August 9-11, 1945. Mizu -- August 12-15, 1945. "Enduring the unendurable" -- August 15-Mid-September 1945. Two brothers -- Mid-September 1945-Late March 1946. Miracle -- Spring 1946. A new beginning -- April-December 1946. School -- December 1947. Searching for hope -- February 1, 1948. A seed for the future -- April 1948. Standing up to the bullies -- October 1948. Another seed for the future -- 1949-1954. Misa and the orphans of war -- 1955-1961. Father -- 1961-1962. Sachiko -- 1962. A path to peace -- 1963-1968. "The World House" -- 1968-1992. Cicada years -- August 1995. Sachiko's fiftieth anniversary. |
| Summary |
Tells the story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki through the eyes of Sachiko Yasui, who was six when the devastation was wrought, describing her experiences in the aftermath of the attack as well as her long journey to find peace. |
| Audience |
850 Lexile. |
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850L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 4 184498 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 4 184498 |
| Audience |
Grade 9 to 12. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-140) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Yasui, Sachiko -- Juvenile literature.
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Yasui, Sachiko.
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Yasui, Sachiko. |
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Bombardment of Nagasaki-shi (Japan : 1945) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
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Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi.
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Atomic bomb victims.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi.
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Women -- Biography.
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Atomic bomb victims. |
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Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- Juvenile literature.
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Yasui, Sachiko.
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Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
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Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
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Japan -- Nagasaki-shi. |
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Juvenile books. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biography.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Stelson, Caren Barzelay. Sachiko Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 2016 9781467789035 (DLC) 2015043908 (OCoLC)938387162 |
| ISBN |
9781512408935 : $19.99 |
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151240893X : $19.99 |
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