The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw [in Shelf Awareness]
20 Jul, by in Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost
Descended from a noble samurai family, 12-year-old Yuriko Ishikawa enjoys a privileged life in Hiroshima, Japan. While World War II rages on multiple continents, for now the seventh-grader exists in relative peace. Even when she's at school, with U.S. B-29s flying overhead, her legs wobbling...