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Autobiographical poetry, American Childhood and youth of a person Japan Lighthouse keepers Lighthouse keepers Biography Juvenile literature Lighthouses Lighthouses Juvenile literature Suzuki family World War, 1939-1945 Children Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Juvenile literatureCastle, Jiordan
Summary: "Moving and evocative, this YA memoir-in-verse follows author Jiordan Castle's coming-of-age as her family reckons with the aftershocks of her father's imprisonment"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 CASKimura, Yukie
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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023