Hiroshima by Laurence Yep [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
03 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers
Two sisters, Riko and Sachi, are on their way to school when the U.S. B-29 bomber named Enola Gay drops the first atom bomb at 8:15 a.m. on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. History is changed...
Middle daughter Ona unexpectedly commits suicide, leaving the other Leong family members to try and figure out why. The suicide acts as a pivotal point from which two very different Chinese American generations of parents and...
An autobiographical exploration of memory and personal history, presented via a vast spectrum of mediums, including prose, poetry, descriptions of dreams, biography, family history in Korea, French translation exercises, photographs, handwritten notes, calligraphy, letters, and more....