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So Far from the Bamboo Grove (So Far from the Bamboo Grove #1)

Yoko Kawashima Watkins

Paperback | Pages: 183 pages

Rating: 4 | 2939 Users | 391 Reviews

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Title	:	So Far from the Bamboo Grove (So Far from the Bamboo Grove #1)
Author	:	Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 183 pages
Published	:	August 12th 2008 by HarperCollins (first published April 1st 1986)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Cultural. Japan. Fiction

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Prequel to My Brother, My Sister, and I.

Though Japanese, eleven-year-old Yoko has lived with her family in northern Korea near the border with China all her life. But when the Second World War comes to an end, Japanese on the Korean peninsula are suddenly in terrible danger; the Korean people want control of their homeland and they want to punish the Japanese, who have occupied their nation for many years. Yoko, her mother and sister are forced to flee from their beautiful house with its peaceful bamboo grove. Their journey is terrifying -- and remarkable. It's a true story of courage and survival.

Particularize Books In Favor Of So Far from the Bamboo Grove (So Far from the Bamboo Grove #1)

Original Title:	So Far from the Bamboo Grove
ISBN:	0688131158 (ISBN13: 9780688131159)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	So Far from the Bamboo Grove #1
Literary Awards:	Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1988), Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Nominee (1987)

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Ratings: 4 From 2939 Users | 391 Reviews

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Amazing book and very inspirational, it teaches you that no matter how hard life gets you have to keep fighting. I adored the constant imagery throughout this book, it gives you a visual, and makes you feel as if you're in that exact moment. The story is heartbreaking but their desire to turn things around and make the situation better is what made this book so great.

I would like to give zero stars if possible. This book is full of lies but Yoko Kawashima writes it like it's her autobiography. I can't believe that this was once recommended to American students. Japanese soldiers were the ones who abused Korean women, not the reverse. During the time period she stayed in North Korea, there were no communist soldiers yet. America had ordered Japanese soldiers to stay and keep the country in order (although they had already surrendered to them) until American

Since my mother's family was in Manchuria and afterwards China during World War 2, I've been familiar with some incidents described in this non-fiction novel. While she doesn't like to talk much about her experiences on the way back to her homeland, Japan, I occasionally learnt her segmented stories about the escape, which were definitely harsh experiences to a ten-year-old girl at that time.But my mother was lucky. She had her father together all along their escape from Chinas continent. But

I gave this a read b/c I wanted to see why Koreans hate it so much. They go nuts over it b/c it portrays Japanese folks in a kind light while also showing some of the evil potential of Koreans taking out their anger on their previous controllers upon war's end.Surely that happened to some degree, but Koreans will likely continue thinking that they were perfect angels upon liberation and every point after that.The book bothers me because it is supposed to be autobiographical fiction, the



(Historical, nonfiction 1986) This was recommended by the elementary school librarian where I repair books. There is so much I did NOT know about World War II! This story begins in Korea, just as Japan is bombed by the USA. At that time, Japan had control over Korea, and the Korean people revolt against that control. The story is written through the eyes of 11-year-old Yoko Kawashi. She, her older sister and her mother are forced to flee their home in Korea by the uprising, and make their way to

This book is so powerful. The imagery is vivid, but some parts may be a bit hard for students. I do not think that is a reason to hold this book back from students though. The glimpse into history by a child their own age can really help a student connect with history. People are what make history interesting, not facts and dates.