While I was away
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780063017115, 0063017113
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Status
Young Adult Nonfiction - Public Shelving
YA 305.8956 BRO
1 available
YA 305.8956 BRO
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Brown, Waka T. -- Juvenile literature.
Culture shock -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers -- Juvenile literature.
Intercultural communication -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Personal narratives.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Brown, Waka T. -- Juvenile literature.
Culture shock -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers -- Juvenile literature.
Intercultural communication -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Personal narratives.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
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Published
New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780063017115, 0063017113
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 5.1, 10 Points
Level 5.1, 10 Points
Notes
Description
When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand basic Japanese they speak to her, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles with reading and writing in kanji, doesn't quite mesh with her complicated and distant Obaasama, and gets made fun of by the students in her Japanese public-school classes. Even though this is the country her parents came from, Waka has never felt more like an outsider. If she's always been the "smart Japanese girl" in America but is now the "dumb foreigner" in Japan, where is home? And who will Waka be when she finds it?
Target Audience
Ages 8-12.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brown, W. T. (2021). While I was away (First edition.). Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Waka T.. 2021. While I Was Away. Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Waka T.. While I Was Away Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brown, Waka T.. While I Was Away First edition., Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
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